Max B. Nitzborn

Founder · Head Coach · Mentor

Max B. Nitzborn is a 55-year-old chess master, instructor, and arbiter with four decades of competitive and coaching experience. He is the founding voice of ChessAcademy.AI and the personality at the heart of the platform's teaching philosophy.

Titles

♦National Master (NM) — 2011

♦Candidate Master (CM) — 2024

♦FIDE Instructor (FI) — 2010

♦School Instructor (SI) — 2024

♦National Arbiter (NA) — 2025

♦40 years player · 34 years tournament

Coaching Achievements

♦Trained dozens of students to FM, CM, WCM, NM

♦Produced the youngest chess master in Africa at age 6

Olympiad Representation

♦2006 Turin — President / Delegate / Captain

♦2010 Khanty-Mansiysk — Player & Delegate

♦2012 Istanbul — Delegate & Captain

♦2014 Tromsø — Player

♦2016 Baku — Player

♦2024 Budapest — Player

Administration

♦President, Namibian Chess Federation (2004–2012)

♦Vice-President (Jan–Sept 2025)

♦Rating Officer (2010–2025)

♦Outjo Champion (1994 & 1995)

National Championship Medals

★ GOLD · 2011

SILVER · 2010

BRONZE · 2009