You can admit it and go forward, or stick with your delusions. This will eliminate your weakness, will bring you nice victories and… you’ll start enjoying defence! A student usually does NOT know what he/she really needs.
So here is where a coach should come and force you to do what you don’t want to do (the things he knows you NEED and MUST do). Now, if you dislike defence, and you don’t know this topic well and it seems hard and uncomfortable for you – you’ll never master it. And you may dislike those parts of the game that you are failing in. Naturally, you enjoy those parts of the game in which you perform well. How can you know what you need in order to advance to the next level, if you have never even been on that next level? “To know the road ahead, ask those coming back”. There’s one important thing that I’d like to emphasize here.Ī student usually does NOT know what he/she really needs. We’ve been talking about chess coaches, and I hope you are now much wiser about such matters. So when you are looking for a private coach – select a real COACH.
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That’s why quite a lot of chess “coaches”, unfortunately, have no idea of how to teach. It requires different skills and knowledge. There is a HUGE difference between being a chess player and a c hess teacher. Does a chess player have such collections for every important topic? No! He simply doesn’t need it.
Is he going to perform the coach’s duties (see our list above)? Of course not! He is not even aware of these duties… Can a GM really understand your current problems and needs? Well, he was in your situation HOWEVER, maybe it was 50 years ago!!Īnother example is that a chess coach must collect useful games/positions that are suitable for training in a certain topic. A strong player (IM or GM) can show you some opening lines, can play with you, BUT he can’t be your teacher.
In fact “ 50+ students” means that this person teaches all his students extremely superficially, and he spits upon them all! Does he really think this is his positive side? LOL Let’s move on to the next piece of advice:Ī private chess teacher should be a COACH Is that possible to perform it for 50 students? Of course NOT! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this… Take a look at our list above. Some of them write something like “ I am a very popular coach and I have 50+ private students”. Recently I visited one such site and read coaches’ descriptions. Nowadays there are many web-sites which offer you the services of various chess coaches.
So let me give you some hints.Ī private chess coach should perform the following things for you: In 2004, I finished a Sport School in my region and since that time have started my coaching practice.Īll in all, I now have huge experience both as a chess student and as a teacher. Actually that’s one of the reasons why I decided to become a chess coach. I’d been struggling with this question all the time when I was an active chess player. This brings us back to the first question: How to find a good chess coach? Your opponents – who are taught by good coaches, and whose training is more effective – will beat you more often than not. Perhaps sooner or later you will come to the right decisions.īUT c hess is a competition. Of course, you can try to discover everything by yourself: read books, play games, analyse your mistakes and work on their elimination, etc. “ To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.” – says a wise Chinese proverb. Let’s be realistic: without a good coach, your chances for becoming a titled player are quite limited. “How to find a good chess coach?” – This is a VERY IMPORTANT question.
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