learning from a chess coach

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Avatar of SAM03051976
Hi, chess lovers. I was wondering is their a difference between learning from a chess coach and self learning for example learning from chess books or chess.com lessons. And is learning from a chess coach faster and how much do they charge and when will I notice improvement. Could you please help me? Thanks in advance 🌹
Avatar of DarkKnightAttack

Yes !

Avatar of AndrewsCampbell
Yes
Avatar of StyleGiant

I prefer self-learning. But a good coach can guide you. Chess.com has a team of Grand masters it should be good. I haven't tried them, not a premium member though.

Avatar of Szachowy-Kot

If coach is smart he can easy find best way to teach you and make better progres. If he has knowladge, experience it helps. Also, it depends of your goals. To self-learning probably you need to have background of learing and practicing. Without this I think it is hard or even imposible to learn by yourself. 

Avatar of bong711

There is no substitute for a good coach to improve in chess. I don't know the coach fee but it is not Cheap. If one cannot spend much money, do the next best thing, buy chess books.

Avatar of Bgabor91

Dear Chessfriend,

My name is Gabor Balazs. I am a Hungarian FM, fighting for the IM title. My top ELO is 2435. I have been playing chess for 21 years. I won the Hungarian Rapid Championship twice (U16 and U18).

I love teaching chess and it is very important for me that both of us enjoy the lessons beside the hard work. I have pupils almost all the levels from beginners to advanced players (1100-2200 ELO).

You can see a lot of feedbacks from my coaching services here: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-lessons/feedbacks-from-my-services

Why should you choose me?

- I have a widespread opening repertoire (a lot of openings are analysed by strong Grand Masters).

- I have a lot of chess books in PDF and Chessbase format, so I can teach you the main middlegame plans, the art of calculations, famous chess games and the endgame theory.

- I have elaborated, personalized training plans, which help you to improve your skills effectively.

- I help you analyse your games deeply, so you can realise your mistakes and learn from them.

- I am really flexible and hard-working person, the quality of my work is really important for me.

My rate is 50 USD/hour.

Please, contact me (balazsgabor1991@gmail.com), if you are interested in working with me, I am looking forward to your message. happy.png

Avatar of Fideestonianplayer

Hi! I am 38 years old Fide Master with Fide rating 2362 (max was 2389).

https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4501233

I offer chess lessons (10 eur per hour). I speak English, Russian and Estonian languages.

I was Tallinn champion in 2004 and Irish champion in 2012. I also won many other tournaments.

My email: chesslessonsacademy@gmail.com

We can do online lessons via zoom, teamviewer, skype, viber and whatsapp and play games, analyze chess openings. I'll explain to you chess strategy and etc.