Matthew Nicholson
Target Students:
Tournament Level (1400-1800)
| Service |
Description |
Price |
| 1 Hour Opening Lecture (Incl. PGN) |
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$25.00 |
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| 90min + 30sec Live Chess Game (Incl. post game discussion and annotations) |
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$55.00 |
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Students must apply before purchasing services: Apply Now!
About Me:
19 y/o Canadian expert with extensive experience in several different openings. Although I am able and willing to teach the basic principles of many different openings with either colour, my focus is providing my students a repertoire based on the following openings.
White
1. e4 focusing on sharp and highly theoretical mainlines. Scotch, Open Sicilian, 3. Nc3 French, and many other lines which should promise the average tournament player the opportunity to blitz his way to an opening advantage.
Black
Against 1. e4 I am able to provide high quality lessons with modern theory and many dangerous ideas, particularly in the following: Berlin defense, french defense, and Sicilian defense (particularly the dragon and scheveningen najdorf).
Against 1. d4 I have experience in both teaching and playing the Slav, Semi Slav, Grunfeld, and King's Indian Defense.
Please note that all opening lessons will also include an annotated PGN of all variations discussed in each lesson. Lessons are 1 hour long. Each opening requires 1-3 lessons depending on the theoretical nature of said opening.
Questions of "what if he plays ____?" will be expertly answered both with solid variations and a simple explanation of the correct plan which should guide many players straight through a beautiful middlegame and into comfortable endgames (if your opponent lasts that long!).
My target audience is the average tournament player aspiring to rapidly improve their opening repertoire and beat "that stupid garbage" your friends keep beating you with!
My rate is $25.00/hr. Lessons are offered in person, online (via web messenger), via skype, and (preferably) via chess.com.
For more information please feel free to contact me!
Thanks!
-Matthew Nicholson (Canadian Expert)
PS- When applying to be my student, please provide your rating. I really believe opening preparation is useful at almost every level, however, beginners should save their money and stick to studying tactics for now.