brute4ever
Diamond Member
Chess.com Coach

Hi, This is Siddharth Ravichandran -  an IM with one GM norm and an experienced chess coach.

Achievements:

  • Finished joint first in the world open U 2400 held in Philadelphia, USA in the year 2009.
  • Finished third in the Chennai Open International Grandmaster chess tournament in the year 2009.
  • Joint winner of New York state chess championship in the year 2010.

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/Siddharth-achieves-maiden-GM-norm/article16811777.ece/amp/

https://m.timesofindia.com/top-stories/Siddharth-upsets-GM-Ziaur-Rahman-shares-lead-with-Russian-GM/articleshow/5510002.cms

https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/chess/Siddharth-Ravichandran-holds-top-seed-Mchedlishvili-Mikheil/articleshow/20430547.cms

Coaching:

I have produced a few state and national champions in the USA, Ireland, Canada, Singapore and India. The FIDE rating of a few of my students went from 1600 to 2400.  

Best student results:
1. Mithun Pranav - world's youngest rapid rated player and Singapore national champion
2. Rafael - represented Ireland in the world championship U-10.
3. Maya Kanesh - represented Canada in the U-8 world championship.
4. Have taken special training sessions for Arjun Kalyan who has become an IM now with 2 GM norms

Some sample YouTube videos:

Opening principles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VW5P8sgvq0

Position evaluation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmBbqP13v0

Those who are interested in coaching, feel free to contact me at siddy2006@gmail.com.