ABOUT ME

I am a young chess player who is working to get the USCF NM title!

I am also trying to become a Chess coach!!!

If you're looking for advice or guidance, I can help you grow in Chess.

Students around 400-1500 are the best for me to coach.

Why pick me as your chess coach?

Your growth and journey mean the same to me. Not only will you, as the student, grow in chess, both me and you will be able to learn valuable skills in life, like leadership, communication, and deep thinking skills.

If you are a student, I especially recommend that you learn or promote Chess, as it can significantly boost your reputation and potentially give you valuable opportunities, like getting a scholarship, into a good school, or better chances of finding a good job.

I will teach at a very cheap price, from 3-5$ per lesson(each hour), I will assign Classwork and Homework.

If you are new to chess, we will COVER:

How the pieces move(including promotion, en passant, etc)
How to WIN(including defintion of Draw, stalemate, etc)
Basic opening principles
Midgame and endgame principles
Strategies

If you are a beginner or intermediate player, we will COVER the following TOPICS:

Control the Center
Develop + activating pieces
Midgame attacking ideas + plans
Endgame patterns
Tactics
Forcing moves
Sacrifices
Playing in losing positions(find active moves)
How to overcome time pressure

Anyone is welcome in my classroom! I will help you grow in chess!

I will talk more ABOUT myself.

GOALS before 2026!

Rapid 2300

Blitz 2300

Bullet 2300(Completed)

USCF 2000

Hi! I am David, a young chess player looking forward to earning my chess title before I attend college. I had been playing chess for 3 years, and I learned a lot from this game, including deep thinking, memorization, communication, and leadership skills. Chess isn't just a game. It connects people. I made a couple of good friends in school from just this game, and I will likely be using it as one of my major extracurricular activities on my college application and essay.

My journey started in 2022, when I discovered the game through the Chess app on my Macbook. At first, I didn't know how the pieces moved, but then I learned the game by playing with the computer and really got interested in it. Moving into Middle School, I invited my friends to play at Chess.com, and they got interested as well. We devoted most of our time to chess in 8th grade. However, things took a dramatic turn when we entered High School. In High School, most of my friends had quit chess to focus on their academics. However, I didn't quit, but rather spent even more time on it. I had reached 1400 at the start of High School, and I thought about becoming a GM in the future. However, I know I don't have the time for it, so I set a lower goal. Why not go for just a chess title? So I went for it, I focused on both Chess and my schoolwork, and managed to reach 2000 very soon! A 600 rating jump in just 8 months!

My friends congratulated me! I was happy that I reached a level I had never even imagined. However, things took a much darker turn when I realized I needed to focus more time on my academics, and I was also getting frustrated about a series of tilts that I had experienced after reaching 2000. So I was forced to quit the game for around 1 year until the Summer of 2025, when I had a lot of free time. This is when my parents talked to me about the incoming College admission, which I needed extracurricular activities and volunteering hours to fulfill. So I chose chess, something I had spent so much effort on. I decided to join the School Chess club and get some hours so I have a story to write. In the process, I came back to chess and realized I had to keep going and reach the title before I go to college, so I will have an amazing story to present to the colleges! And that's exactly what I did, I grinded chess 8 hours a day during the summer, and I was able to reach 2200 in rapid very quickly, and just yesterday I managed to reach 2300 in Bullet!

I played numerous USCF OTB tournaments this summer and managed to climb my rating to 2000, which I will aim for 2100 within the next year.

I hope you found my story interesting!

USAHikaru