Coaching for Beginners by kbcbishop
Want to Improve Your Rating by 200, 300, or More Points?
Louisville, Kentucky, US 
blog.chess.com/kbcbishop
View my Chess.com profile
Target Students:
All Skill Levels
About Me:
With a rating over 2000, I coach beginners wanting to improve and win more games. We will look at establishing a set of solid opening moves, making the best moves, creating space, attacking while defending home, tactics, and more.
Feel free to check out my record here on chess.com. In over the board (OTB) tournaments, I was the overall quick chess champion at the Bluegrass State Games in the winter of 2006. At that same tournament, I placed second in my age group (adult) in standard chess. In 2007, at the same tournament, I placed third in my age group in quick chess. Along with my rating here over 2000, my standard rating on chessclub.com (most comparable to ratings on chess.com), is 2000.
I beat WGM Myroslava Hrabinska (rated 2529) in a 2 5 game on September 21, 2008. Also, I beat WIM Alejandra Rodriguez in a simul in 2007 and 2008 and FM Nick Raptis (2367) in a simul in 2007.
Read my blog at http://blog.chess.com/kbcbishop. Or read a couple of my articles (see titles in the web addresses): http://www.chess.com/article/view/use-all-of-your-senses-to-win-at-chess and http://www.chess.com/article/view/bits-of-advice-for-winning-at-chess.
Want to improve your game or have questions?
- Contact me at kbcbishop@chess.com and place "Chess Coaching" in the subject line--even if you are just thinking about coaching. Or message me here on chess.com about lessons as well.
- Lessons available for $20/hour. Progress is best realized through multiple lessons. Pay for 3 lessons, get one free; pay by check or by paypal.
- Let's work to find a time that is best for you.
- Lessons on chess.com require that you have an IM (instant messaging) program, like Yahoo Messenger or AIM, etc. My handle is kbcbishop onYahoo and dwairwolf on AIM.
- Message rsayers (on chess.com) to ask him how my lessons have helped him. His understanding and confidence increased dramatically along with his success and rating (up over 400 points).
