Chosen 2025 January Improve of the Month (Under 1200) for the chess.com Improvers’ Club.

Coached by Levy Rozman in the first CoachChamps tournament, a tournament where coaches draft students from various rating ranges and then train them for a month, culminating in a tournament. To the coach with the highest score, based on students’ results, goes the spoils (aka - MONEY, haha).

This was my first ever high stakes tournament, so the story arc of my games was all about learning how to handle the nerves of playing in my first tournament in front of a live audience. It wasn’t always pretty, but I’m proud of my perseverance after a huge first game loss. I hope my games give hope to others in my elo range that improvement is always possible. :)

Game #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=950YNg1x1p4&t=553s

Game #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLltbd5MEvs&t=176s

Game #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAAgnQzZvbo&t=6s

Game #4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgTUdspyAjg&t=14s

Game #5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKTHfmJNEUk&t=13s

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