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do GMs get chess lessons?

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bluejibb
Apr 12, 2017
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do they hire chess coaches too to help them get better?

I don't understand why they said Dvoretsky was a great coach for GMs when Dvoretsky was rated 2500.

what can a 2700 learn from someone lower rated

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tooWEAKtooSL0W
May 3, 2017
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#2

Coaching at that level is probably just opening prep. You don't need a coach who is higher rated than you if all they do is look through computer lines for things for you to play.

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NM Joseph_Truelson
May 3, 2017
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#3

No. But a RAR attack is a lot better than any chess lessons!

https://www.chess.com/club/classic-rar 

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Sqod
May 3, 2017
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#4

Fischer said his coach was excellent, even though his coach wasn't as strong a player in practice, so yes, teaching ability is somewhat independent of practical ability.