A private network for strategic founders
Invitation only · Dubai · Founded by a FIDE Chess Master
A private society where chess and capital converge.
The Sovereign Chess Society is not a club. It is a private convening of founders, investors, and executives who live chess the way others live business — as a system of thought that governs every high-stakes decision they make.
We do not treat chess as a hobby. We treat it as the architecture of strategic thinking. The board is where you learn to see fifteen moves ahead while your opponent is still reacting to three. That clarity does not stay on the board. It follows you into the boardroom, the negotiation, the moment you have to decide whether to scale or exit.
Every member has built something significant. Every member plays seriously. This is not casual. This is not social. This is not for people who want to learn chess — it is for people who already think in positions, sacrifices, and endgames.
We meet in private venues across Dubai. Invitation only. No press. No cameras. No performance. What is said in the room, what is played in the room, stays in the room. The people here do not need an audience. They need equals.
Membership is by invitation following a private application and conversation. We do not advertise. We do not recruit. We select.
If you recognise yourself in this, apply. If you do not, you will find what you are looking for elsewhere.
Ashan Veymont
Ashan is a FIDE Chess Master (Arena), Certified & Licensed Chess Trainer, and 2× State Chess Champion. He does not play chess. He lives it. His brain does not process decisions the way most people do — it sees twenty moves ahead before the opponent has finished their second.
This is not metaphor. This is architecture.
That clarity — the ability to anticipate, position, and execute before the situation fully materialises — has built everything he has touched since. As founder of Blackcrest Scaling Inc., he has engineered over $2.5M in revenue for high-ticket service and information companies through systems, sales operations, and strategic recruiting.
Chess taught him something most founders never learn: patience is not waiting. Patience is knowing exactly when to strike because you saw the opening three moves before it appeared.
The Sovereign Chess Society is not a side project. It is the inevitable convergence of the two disciplines that have governed his entire life — the discipline of the board, and the discipline of building companies that do not rely on luck.
If you understand what that means, you already know whether you belong here.
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Founding membership is by invitation only. Applications are reviewed personally. If your profile aligns with the Society's standards, you will be invited to a private conversation.
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