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SSGOKU29

I have aspirations to become a titled player and looking for gm or IM strength to coach me I think my rapid strength is around 1800+ with peak being 1907. Looking to improve. I've been stuck in the mid 1500-1600's for a while 

justbefair
SSGOKU29 wrote:

I have aspirations to become a titled player and looking for gm or IM strength to coach me I think my rapid strength is around 1800+ with peak being 1907. Looking to improve. I've been stuck in the mid 1500-1600's for a while

You can find their listings on the coaches page: https://www.chess.com/coaches

GabeMiami10

You really don't need a gm or im coach. It's about how good he coaches, not his playing strength. That said, don't get coached by a 1200. but open your options to Lower titled players and even 2000s fide

SSGOKU29

eh ive already had a 2000+ coach I want someone stronger so i can progress faster the insights were not good enough to justify the cost.

Mazetoskylo
SSGOKU29 wrote:

eh ive already had a 2000+ coach I want someone stronger so i can progress faster the insights were not good enough to justify the cost.

All you are playing is bullet "chess", and you certainly don't need a coach to play bullet "chess".

Better spend your money to a fat pipe, and a gaming mouse.

SSGOKU29

Na I peaked 1904 on rapid I just deleted the account and this comment has little to do with what I am looking for. Bullet is very good for improving reaction time and pattern recognition so I wouldn't knock it

Mazetoskylo
SSGOKU29 wrote:

Na I peaked 1904 on rapid I just deleted the account and this comment has little to do with what I am looking for. Bullet is very good for improving reaction time and pattern recognition so I wouldn't knock it

Na I peaked to 5607 rapid I just deleted the account because I thought it was a tad too high to maintain it.

SSGOKU29

Lmao bro, I'll gladly beat you right now if you'd like

GabeMiami10

4, yes. One bad coach is an example of all!

GabeMiami10

ooh a forum fight. these are always fun, let's see how this turns out

SSGOKU29

Na no point gotta get my coach

jli30c

Lmfaooo these excuses are wild

Bgabor91

Dear SSGOKU29,

I am a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. happy.png Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one general way to learn. First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. Of course, if you are a beginner, you can't do it efficiently because you don't know too much about the game yet. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.

In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames). If you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career. happy.png

If you would like to learn more about chess, you can visit my Patreon channel (www.patreon.com/Bgabor91), where you can learn about every kind of topics. I've just started this channel and I'm planning to upload 3-4 new videos per week.

I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck with your games! happy.png