My personal advice is too withhold getting a coach until you have consumed some free beginner content (or even lessons here on the site). Knowing a lot basic strategy and thought could be taught by practically any skill level, and you would not gain much by having someone overqualified to tell you instead.
After that, keep in mind that good players don't necessarily make good coaches. Don't think that only GMs would be the better coaches. Take your time to find a coach that you seem to like - whether its personality or playstyle or something different altogether.
Hello all
I am brand new to chess. I've played the computer on chess.com a fair few times and one opponent here on chess.com. So far I am clearly a terrible player and have an unbelievable amount to learn.
I've noticed in the coaching section there's an abundance of grand masters offering coaching. Would it be worth approaching players with such high ratings to coach me as a complete novice? Would a grand master level coach take on a student who is a total beginner?
I should note that I'm not bothered about the cost of the coaching. I know there's an awful lot of free material out there but I just want the fastest route to becoming competent.