I'm looking for a chess coach

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I'm a ~1300 player from the Netherlands, and I'm looking for a chess coach. I'm not sure where to start looking. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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https://www.chess.com/coaches

This would be an obvious place to start.

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Hi there,

I have some availability at the moment, and would be happy to take you on. I charge £20/hr. Let me know if you are interested,

Best regards,

Mark

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I would be happy to coach you for free :-)

My method is to play a few games with analysis, find out where are your mistakes, and try to get you to improve on those.

Cheers

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Hello ! I'd like to get some advice to reach 1000. I play fast games (10 min each) and I noticed I'm too slow. I loose every two games because of the timer sad.png

Thanks.

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breizhil wrote:

Hello ! I'd like to get some advice to reach 1000. I play fast games (10 min each) and I noticed I'm too slow. I loose every two games because of the timer

Thanks.

Well, you've noticed your problem yourself. Play longer games. Not only because you lose on the clock, but because it is extremely difficult to improve your game if you are playing speed chess. You don't have to play too many long games, if you can, play one long game a day. Forget about quick games, at least for a while. Here are some general advices on how to improve:

https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement

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Allright thanks I'll have a look! Actually I like to play fast games because it takes few time and it's dynamic...

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Well, it all depends on what are your priorities. If you are ok with just having fun, speed chess is perfectly fine. Just don't expect to improve that much. Most of the people need slower games to improve their game significantly. 

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breizhil wrote:

Hello ! I'd like to get some advice to reach 1000. I play fast games (10 min each) and I noticed I'm too slow. I loose every two games because of the timer

Thanks.

I would recommend bullet but only if you think that you have good quality moves but make them very slow.

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breizhil wrote:

Hello ! I'd like to get some advice to reach 1000. I play fast games (10 min each) and I noticed I'm too slow. I loose every two games because of the timer

Thanks.

I had this aswell! I take too long to think it through, and make too many mistake when trying to speed up!

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I changed to 15 / 10 and I find it's better !

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Of course it is, 15|10 is actually almost as long as 30 minutes for games that lasts to the endgame phase (for 60 moves you have 25 minutes because of increment). That is why it is recommended to play at least that time control if you are lower rated and want to improve.

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