Jarlekin

My chess journey started when I was 15 years old and I went to a school that had chess as a subject. Before that I was danish champion in bowling.

I improved rapidly as a result of being around much stronger players all the time at the school (took a whole lot of beatings too).

After 1½ years I had improved from 1030 to 1750 in rating and then life took over for a decade after which I decided to try to reach my original chess goal of 1900 FIDE which I did.

Recently I decided to take up chess more seriously for the first time in my adult life and I am a stronger player now than I ever was. I just hit 2150 national and 2100 FIDE.

I think it's important for a coach to be an active player.

I have been teaching classes in my local club (for kids, teenagers and adults) for about a year now and I have been doing private lessons (ages from 8 to 70) for a couple of years by now.

I am good at teaching rapid improvement between 1000 and 1800, but I can teach 500 to 2000.

I believe in an individual approach with a mutual dedication. You can't help people more than they want to help themselves and I am dedicated in my method. 
For this same reason I prefer not to have too many students at once.

I am fluent in english and danish.

Write me if you want to know more about my approach, pricing etc. and do write a little bit about yourself as well if you are interested.

You can write me here or email me at: mads.o.svendsen@gmail.com



"I'm an adult aged 56 who had been stuck at 1400 for decades. Mads helped me reach my dream goal of 1700 (I reached 1726) in just 1½ years. I still hold this rating many years after our work together" (Translated from danish) -Benny

"I knew how the pieces moved (except en pessant) but Mads helped me understand better what a position needs and he taught me some core principles so I jumped a few hundred rating points over 6 months." -Pernille