she is beautiful and I wish to marry her!

Con esta mujer, en lo que menos puedo pensar es en ajedrez

wanna play

borg can u tell me why you are here?

If you couldn't be bothered with punctuation, I couldn't be bothered trying to read it. 

guys i see the coach of leko he is a IM  mr cheap you tell us that rating is not the key 100% yea  but price is key you would ask how i have a lot of coaches from nm to gm i know better than everybody who is a good coach and who is not if a coach want you to improve he dosent really care if you give him 1 dollar or 1000 dollar but some coachs they only care about your money dosent really matter u improve or not and the secound key is yourself you most work hard even if karpov is your coach  you most work hard 

Thx for the answer IM, I got your explanation about time and demand, and I knew the free market thing as I didn't say that she should lower the prices, she has the right to charge whatever she wants OFC.

but "her prices are high compared to other coaches" still stands even after you gave me convincing reasons, that is, if you justified something then it is true because you justified it, right?

CORRECTION: Houdini 3 costs 40$-60$ so a game analysis using Houdini 3 should cost something, but if you meant Houdini 1.5 then the cost is 0$ indeed (and its rating is near 3200 too! )

Fedtel, I will try to answer your question.

1) Rating is not the key factor here. Natalia is one of the most popular and successful chess players in the world. You may like her or not, but it's a fact. If you check out her profile and compare the list of achievements to a typical GM of 2500-2600 strength, you will quickly understand who is who. Not to mention the looks and personality. If you want a high-rated player to analyze your games, pay $0 and run a Houdini 3 (3200 ELO) analysis.

2) These services are meant to be exclusive and expensive. Natalia is an active professional player, so she can't devote much time to coaching. A typical coach would be happy to work up to 6-8 hours per day, while she would be ok with 2 hours per week. She doesn't need to lower the prices to attract more customers. It is not her goal at all.

3) It's a free market. No one is persuading you to buy anything. If you believe that it's better for you to order a service from someone else, go ahead and do it. Similarly, I've seen a few threads about how much people would pay to play Kasparov or Carlsen. Some say something like "$25, not more", while others can offer a few thousand $. And people from the first group are starting to tell members of the second group that they are stupid, or that the rates are ridiculous... In fact, there is no fixed price. It is a unique opportunity, not something generic from Walmart. I've seen Natalia play chess fans for free when she had enough time to do it. It's just that her powers are limited, so she needs to use a certain method of dealing with all the tonnes of challenges she is receiving every day. Like somebody has mentioned earlier, it's about supply and demand.

even though ChRizEth used an aggressive (rude) style his Idea is right I have to admit, her prices are ridiculously high for her strenght, for example I've found a GM +2600 who will analyze your game for a mere 30$ , and another near 2600 GM charges 25$ per game analysis, now compare that to her 100$ per game and your logic bells should go off.

no offense intended and I fully respect the WGM and her ability but the fact that a weaker player charges much more than a stronger player for the same service was just too strange for me, maybe someone can explain it to me?

Dude, that was just rude.

I would value a lesson from Natalia regardless if she is not at the "top of the heap"... she is still streaks ahead of me and would be able to help me a lot.

Comparing her to Carlsen is just stupid... it's just 'namedropping' imo and you did it in a very rude way.

-100 for you.

i think playing against this WGM w/ charge is questionable.... are you greater than susan polgar?!! even wesley so of the philippines can easily crash you!!! its unbelievable..... i better play Magnus Carlsen or Anand w/ charge than playing against a not so high rated WGM... PERIOD!!!!

I cannot comment on quality of coaching; however I would awards with the price for the most attractive chess player ever!

Be my coach,i need help from the Queen!

Hola..

Insulting people is very easy, posters prove that.
If u don't like her [natalia] then don't post here,
other coaches haven't got post more than 1 page or even few comments
their hatred shows that they r defeated by something.

wish u good luck, natalia. 

I've been playing chess for a few years now and have been trying all the while to expand my understanding of chess strategy and positional play. One problem with my game that I am trying to address is my lack of knowledge with regards to opening theory. I have tried studying the main ideas of every opening I could look up but haven't been able to find what I am looking for. I am looking for books or materials that can expain ideas such as "When white plays 1.d4 then e4 becomes a key square to control and attack". These are the sorts of boiled down facts pertaining to positional play in each opening that I would like to learn. I don't mind other information being introduced, but I do want clarity in the important themes and ideas of many of the most common and some irregular openings. Do you have any advice for me? FYI my goal is to become a titled player!

fact: she's hot. very hot..

[Edit]Since the previous post was removed completely... Thanks mods for making me seem like an idiot ;-)

Next time you remove a post like that, please consider subsequent posts too!!

not bad at all

100 Euros for a single rapid game, ok.  You be lost somewhere out of the opening and learn nothing.  $100/ per hour for good teaching, if you are learning, well worth the price of admission, if you can afford it and chess is that important to you.  

Wager games are something else.  If she offers $100 or $200 games, it has to cost her something if you win or draw.  Not practical for online play.  Forget about engines, a strong GM will do the trick.