Here is chesscoachDiego's profile page article about the program he offers:
Want to Improve Your Chess?
Stop following the average advice and go to the guy who will give you the tools to become a 2000 rated player
(Note: You can watch my free masterclass: 5 shifts to reach a 2000 rating here)
If you’ve been playing chess for any period of time, you’ve probably bought an online course or hired a chess coach who has taught you:
- Ideas and game plans that you tend to forget
- Mixed puzzles that work in training but not in your games
- Opening ideas that are hard to memorize
And sure
Maybe they’ve gotten you some results.
But the problem is that this is how the masses work and train chess.
This will only take you to one level and then good luck.
Excelling at chess takes more than just memorizing a few openings and grinding tactics.
I see players gaining 200 points in a few months and then getting stuck in the same rating for 5 years.
Making the same blunders
Losing winning positions
Thinking that chess is too complex and they are too late to get significant improvement.
Until they decide to give up and stay comfortable in their level, playing only with bots or casual daily games.
Every year, chess keeps growing, and new competitors arise, but most give up.
Sadly, they are also renouncing the joy of understanding the game at a deeper level.
But you are here because you don’t want that, do you?
Which is why you are about to make an incredibly smart move:
To get my eyes on your games & performance to help you improve your chess even if you have trained before (unsuccessfully).
I’ve done it for dozens of adult chess players... many of whom have businesses or are busy professionals, and you might think they barely have time to practice.
My clients are smart because they value time and know that the masses approach won’t take them better chess players.
So who is Diego Villanueva?
For nearly 10 years….
I’ve studied the games & performance of the 2000+ rated players, analyzed how they play, think and learn chess & seen what works and what makes people stuck.
It’s never more puzzles, new openings or lessons… unlike what other coaches tell you.
It’s always the underlying, “invisible” principles and strategies that do.
Which is why I specialize in giving high-level, customized advice.
Because THAT’S what matters.
For example, I can give you hour lessons to show you a new opening or a master’s game.
Or
We can improve your tactical awareness so you stop missing opportunities and punish your opponent’s poor moves.
Identify the source of your blunders, how you can be fully focused for more time and remove silly mistakes from your games.
Teach you how to train your mind to find certainty when you don’t know what to move so you find your way in unknown positions and play confidently in any position.
or give you a simple tailor-made training plan, easy to follow, that fits your busy lifestyle and makes you feel that chess is exciting again.
If you couldn’t tell….
My strength lies in understanding the source of why you can’t improve your chess and providing specific advice tailored to your current level.
Areas I Can Provide Guidance On:
- Teach you how to think, play and learn like a 2000-rated player
- Help you to improve your focus in chess and life and improve your attention span
- Teach you an ideal & fun opening for your style and starting point
- Frameworks to orient yourself in complex positions
- Prepare you mentally, emotionally and technically for OTB tournaments
- Game review and teach you how to spot your weaknesses and fix them.
- Take a look at your decision-making process and make it more organized/effective.
- Improve your time management.
Basically
I am going to teach you how to approach your chess training smartly, make it fun and use it as a way to fuel your successful life.
We will remove all the things holding your potential back and explore techniques you won’t find in any book or course.
What Makes Working With Me Different?
This is a high-impact process!
Often, my clients realize that they are not improving because something is not in order in their life.
Wether is work, business or family, they have to deal with a lot of important things, so that makes them feel have less energy and time for chess even if they love it.
So we make it fun and engaging in a way that complements their life.
The process will be challenging so you can show up your best version and become a confident player. I’m not here to give you hour lessons, that won’t make you find the brilliant moves.
This is often me asking you questions about what keeps you unfocused, unmotivated or finding the source of your mistakes. I’ll show you your natural tendencies and how to improve that…
This is a fun, collaborative process!
So to get the most out of our sessions..
- Be committed to improving your chess
- Be coachable and competitive!
- Trust the process
I don’t take under-age people or not competitive people.
This process of improving your chess is very similar to winning in life.
So, having the reference of being successful in your career, business, family, or other sport or hobby will make things much easier.
My Clients Who Get The Best Results Are...
Leaders who love the game and want to prove that if they win in life, they can also win at chess.
However, they won’t follow generic advice because the masses do it.
They are proactive, do the work and mostly need tailored direction to accelerate their growth.
If you are looking for hour-based lessons and what to do whatever the 99% of players are doing, working with me won’t be a fit.
My favorite people to work with aren’t those who want me to tell them what to do.
It’s those who want me to show them how to think.
If I guide you, you’ll see chess in a way that is secret for most players, and you’ll barely recognize that player you used to be a month ago.
Diego Villanueva
P.S.
If you’re curious about potentially becoming a client, shoot me a DM me on chess.com
Tell me about your situation...
And I’ll map out a customized training for you and tell you what working together would look like.
If what you need is outside the scope of my expertise...
I’ll refer you to my “chess masters” pals, who are the best in the industry and better suited to care for you.
aka you got nothing to lose and everything to gain by reaching out.
So go ahead and send me a private message on chess.com with the word “Coaching 2024”
long time no speak
are you still the admin of team USA southeast?
Yes i am. I use that expression too…”long time no speak.”
Cool. I see that your team plays daily chess tournaments. I've got an idea that can benefit your team and improve their results. Are you open to some ideas?
Ok.
I have in mind a thing that can help your club's member be more engaged and improve their chess.
I've noticed that your club members participate in tournaments.
In my experience as a chess coach, most chess players don't know how to play proper daily chess and use its tools to their fullest.
So, I'd like to organize a free online workshop for your club on how to improve their daily chess performance and how to use it for training and improving chess. ´
By improving their performance, they'll be able to win more games for your club.
I'd like to orient the training for every player who is between 800 -1900 rating.
It's 100% free. However, I specialize in helping adult improvers, so the only requirement to join the workshop is to be an adult.
If you like the idea, I can prepare the registration form for the workshop for 20 members or more, depending on how many are interested.
Of course, as the admin of the group, you are welcome to join the session, too.
If you want to know more about my credentials, you can check the post chess.com made about when they picked me as chess coach of the month here: https://www.chess.com/article/view/coach-of-the-month-diego-villanueva
What do you think?
Sounds good. How would we announce it to the team? Let me know and I’ll run it by our admins and get their approval. Thank you for thinking of us. Jim
cool so
So, what I have in mind is to schedule a day for the call. It can be next week: Probably Monday at 7 pm CT time
Once we fix the date, I can send you an invitation text that includes the workshop information about the topics and then send you a registration page.
If you can help by making an announcement in the group and sending a message to all the members to promote the event, that would be helpful.
Also, I'd appreciate it if I could promote the event in the group.
Do you think next Monday at 7 pm is a good day?
(Those who register to the event but cannot make it, will receive a free copy of the workshop recording)
Some problems. Before I run it by our admin group, I am already thinking we will not be able to do this.
I have very weak computer skills. What is the call Monday at 7:00? What is the registration page?
We have quite a few teammates who do chess coaching. They have done very little promoting of their programs on our team site. I think we have had only one coach who we let promote his program in a forum post.
I am very cautious and careful about making team-wide announcements and what I get the team involved with on here. We have 3300 members that I try not to bother except for important team matches. We do not play internal tournaments, or time based matches, or anything but daily team matches. We put so much time and energy into those, and ask so much of our players regarding those matches, that I am very hesitant to get us involved in anything else.
Can we do this through a forum post? And maybe a few messages on the team page?
Some problems. Before I run it by our admin group, I am already thinking we will not be able to do this.
I have very weak computer skills. What is the call Monday at 7:00? What is the registration page?
We have quite a few teammates who do chess coaching. They have done very little promoting of their programs on our team site. I think we have had only one coach who we let promote his program in a forum post.
I am very cautious and careful about making team-wide announcements and what I get the team involved with on here. We have 3300 members that I try not to bother except for important team matches. We do not play internal tournaments, or time based matches, or anything but daily team matches. We put so much time and energy into those, and ask so much of our players regarding those matches, that I am very hesitant to get us involved in anything else.
Hi Jim, thank you for letting me know your concerns.
I mean, I am not promoting a paid event, it's free for anyone who is an adult player. Also, I promise that I won't pitch any type of paid coaching in during the workshop. I don't want to annoy the other admins, coaches and I totally respect the other members of the group.
Hi Jim, thank you for letting me know your concerns.
I mean, I am not promoting a paid event, it's free for anyone who is an adult player. Also, I promise that I won't pitch any type of paid coaching in during the workshop. I don't want to annoy the other admins, coaches and I totally respect the other members of the group.
Know, I get some players can be annoyed by playing matches but when it comes to get invited to participate in a free workshop about such an important topic with almost no information in the web, I think they can feel happy to participate.
When I say registration page, I can send you the links, you don't need to know any tech knowledge, just sharing those links in your posts or announcements
Ok I will present your proposal to our admin group. Thank you.