Ask a 2100+ FIDE Rated Player and Chess Coach

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About me:

• Name: Saro Khachatouri
• Rated 2100+ FIDE
• 10+ years of experience in coaching
• FiIDE Instructor license
• 18 current students

Whos the strongest (highest FIDE rating) person you beat?

In classical chess I am not sure. Maybe 2270. In rapid I won against Dotzer when he was already a very strong player (now >2400).

My best draw was against 2400 and GM Blatny.

How should I break my 2100 plateau and what is a good daily training plan( got lots of free time these days)

What are important things to do while training my chess

how do you fixed your mood swings? like when u lose a game do you often times feel mad and unable to focus after that

14 years old

currently facing this type of issues any tips?

thanks if your able to reply to me

How to improve performance in classical chess? I have played just a few tournaments and I don't have much experience, so I wonder if there's away to prepare better specifically for this longer time controls.

SIR PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO STOP BLUNDERING MY PIECES SO CARELESSLY AND THEN FEELING LIKE AN IDIOT WHEN I KEEP LOSING EVEN THOUGH I LEARN LOT OF LESSONS AND VARIATIONS TO THAT OPENING AND PUT IT INTO ACTION

what's the best opening for black?

do you have any tips to overcome psychological pressure?

When I started out (with otb chess in the club) I felt a lot of pressure. Same story when I started with rated games. Most helpful is experience and to some degree to get a coach, who can help you handle situations better and give you a sense of comfort

I'm not really sure why I am losing games and I am staying around 1680-1720 range. Do you have any tips? It could be weak tactical play.

I seem to be hardstuck 950/1000 but yet i feel like im way better, I dont really knwo any openings, which would u suggest as black and white?

After going through some of your games I have the impression that you are playing mindless. Not focusing on gaining control over the center, when your opponent allows you to do so, handling tension in the center not optimal.

If I was you, I would:

1. Play longer games
2. Start thinking more concrete
3. Study muster games
4. Analyse own games with a stronger player.

Whats a good study plan for players of my level

Well might as well shoot my shot as they say. How does one go about improving reading the evaluation of a calculated position?
This would be a circumstance where two candidate lines emerge when calculating a series of moves, I correctly visualize the moves played by both players in both lines but incorrectly reject the "better" line and follow into a subpar line that'll lead in often cases towards a mistake or a uncomfortable dynamic that's better exploited by my opponent.

A very interesting question!

You will not be very satisfied with the answer, but I will try to break it down as much as possible.

Evaluating a position requires a few steps. First in the end of your calculation you should determine, if the position is dynamic or static (then I would even go a step further and assess if it might change anytime soon).

Why is this important? A weak appearing king might be in great danger, in both cases, but the way you handle the situations will be far different.

If the position is dynamic, then you must consider the material distribution from that perspective. If the position is static, the treatment of material will be far different.

You can go through the list of parameters of evaluation and look it from this perspective.

You can improve this by either studying master games and how they handle such situations or by exposing yourself to such positions (with a coach).

Now let's take a look from my own practice. White is a very hectic player who did not take his time to evaluate the position correctly

What is a good study plan to improve past 2100?

Hello

I have a slightly different question. How did you get FIDE Instructor licence? What are the requirements to got that one? I'm teaching chess for over a year and i got curious about that.

Hello, I keep blundering in completely winning positions recently all of a sudden. Please help.