I would like to benefit from your coaching services. I need to work on avoiding checkmates and on checkmating as quickly as possible when I am in a clear winning position.
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awesomechess1729 wrote:
Sure. Can you tell me an hour and a day when you're available? Please take into consideration that I'm on the other side of the earth so very different timezones might be an issue.
I would like to benefit from your coaching services. I need to work on avoiding checkmates and on checkmating as quickly as possible when I am in a clear winning position.
As far as I know, I will be next weekend. Saturday, September 6, 9-10:00 PM U.S. Pacific Time. I don't know how that works out for you, but we can discuss it. How many hours away is your time zone from U.S. Pacific Time?
+10 hours... USA and Romania are a bit too far apart.
Yes, that would be hard to schedule? Is there any other way it might work? You could do some kind of a correspondence game analysis instead of a live session, for example.
awesomechess1729 wrote:
I would like to benefit from your coaching services. I need to work on avoiding checkmates and on checkmating as quickly as possible when I am in a clear winning position.
You need to work on tactics. If by "clear winning position" you mean how to checkmate with a KQ, KR, and KRR vs. K, I can send you that, or its on the internet.
I've worked on tactics, and I don't think the checkmate patterns you talked about are the ones I have trouble with. What I mean is making forcing moves and then checkmating as quickly as possible. Though I can perform basic checkmates well enough, I have trouble noticing when I'm the one about to be checkmated. I'll give you an example- there was this 30|0 live game I played against a lower rated player yesterday. I started winning easily, but couldn't find forcing moves that would lead to a checkmate, so I started biding my time and taking my opponent's hanging pieces. While I was doing this, my opponent set up an easy checkmate, and I didn't notice it until it was too late. I was shocked at how the game turned around. I've included it here:
awesomechess1729 wrote:
Well, I don't really know how I could help you with this very basic stuff. You have to check for checks and captures before every move, especially when you're a beginner. After some time it will be like a reflex. A lot of basic tactics and playing experience should help. Similar stuff happens to me frequently otb since I get nervous and have blindspots, although online it happens very rarely.
I've worked on tactics, and I don't think the checkmate patterns you talked about are the ones I have trouble with. What I mean is making forcing moves and then checkmating as quickly as possible. Though I can perform basic checkmates well enough, I have trouble noticing when I'm the one about to be checkmated. I'll give you an example- there was this 30|0 live game I played against a lower rated player yesterday. I started winning easily, but couldn't find forcing moves that would lead to a checkmate, so I started biding my time and taking my opponent's hanging pieces. While I was doing this, my opponent set up an easy checkmate, and I didn't notice it until it was too late. I was shocked at how the game turned around. I've included it here:
Ok, this might sound a bit weird because I am not not a master level player but I've got some chess knowledge and I think I can help beginners and low intermediate players (<1600) to improve their game. I am currently hovering between 1700-1800 live standard and I think coaching experience will help me as a chess player also. During the training we'll discuss openings, endgames, how to form a plan, strategic imbalances etc. We will very likely start by playing a few standard games (you can choose the time control but it has to be at least 15|10 so that you won't blunder pieces away because of time pressure). I will analyze the games and try to see what your weak spots are. If you're interested in a particular opening, I can help you. I don't know many variations but I know the main plans and ideas in the Ruy Lopez Exchange, French Defense and Caro Kann. If you're interested leave a message, either here or PM me.