Yosha
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Chess lessons for all levels by a FIDE Master, an experienced trainer.

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Private chess lessons in Paris or online. Whether you are a beginner, an enlightened amateur or a seasoned club player, I can help you progress while having a good time!
We can analyze your games, work on a particular opening, prepare you against a specific opponent or for a tournament, or simply let you be guided by my many courses already prepared!

Location

At student's location: Around Paris, France
Online via webcam

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suitcase iconSkills:
Age:
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
60 minutes
90 minutes
120 minutes
The class is taught in:French, English

About Me

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Specialties and strengths

Strategy: it is easy to solve tactical exercises alone but it is almost impossible to work on your positional game alone. I will be able to make you understand the most advanced strategic concepts.

Endgames: As a composer of endgame studies, endgames are my specialty. Together, we can work on this area which will allow you to win equal positions and save compromised positions!

I have played many overtures and have worked many more for my students: Dragon, Pirc, Modern, Philidor, East Indian, Slavic, Italian, Early Colle, Early London. With me, you will have the choice between learning an easy-to-play system, or laying the foundations for a rich repertoire that can be used up to Master level.

Education

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Playing career

* Master of the International Chess Federation.
* Highest FIDE rating of 2319.
* After having played in the 1st youth division (Top young people) throughout my youth, I have been playing in the 1st adult division (Top 16) for 15 seasons.
* Winner of 2 International Opens
* I have beaten many Grandmasters.

Experience / Qualifications

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Coaching career

* Aged 35, I have been a club member for 25 years and a professional coach for 15 years.
* I give group lessons in clubs and private lessons for both adults and children.
* I have also taught the basics of the game to thousands of children in schools, some of whom have become titled players.
* Several of my students have been French youth champions.
* I personalize my training according to your strengths, your weaknesses but also your tastes.
* My commitment is to make you progress in a friendly atmosphere.

Reviews (1)

Fantastic introductory lesson with my son (11). Very good communication (and fluent in English) and open manner. My son was engaged throughout the whole lesson and I received helpful feedback at the end. This was the first of a 10 lesson package.

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Olivier
International Master (elo>2400) and Coach for 21 years (-50% tax credit)
A professor stole the entire plot of my ad and had the audacity to take the same price while being less strong and less experienced. Don't be fooled, always prefer the original to the copy :-) ★ I give lessons to children aged 5 and over. I have a lot of students between 5 and 15 years old. ★ I come to your home in 75, 78, 92, 93 and 95. ★ Please read the different prices and timetables at the bottom of this page. Do you often wonder why you can't progress? Because you are looking left and right for information, advice and books to read but you are getting scattered. You constantly watch chess videos on the Internet which are entertaining but it is too passive an activity which does not really make you study chess in depth. Then, you will play online games at too fast a pace while you do not master the main general principles. You thus develop bad reflexes because you constantly repeat the same mistakes without even realizing it, which causes your level to quickly stagnate. Then, you make a game report which tells you that you played with 80% accuracy but nevertheless you lost and you do not necessarily understand the main reasons. And finally, you watch the game with an analysis module which offers you good moves but does not provide you with the explanations necessary to fully understand them. Some teachers also offer group lessons with a monthly subscription which can help you progress slightly, but what you need is a truly personalized lesson. Taking private lessons will save you a lot of time because I know the methods that work to progress and quickly be more competitive. I will teach you the essential concepts to master to better understand chess overall and I can recommend interesting books to study alongside classes. I have always liked to pass on my knowledge to my students so that they can give the best of themselves. 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One decides to take 3 hours of lessons per week and the other 4 hours. 1 year later, there are 2000 of them on the same site! ➤ September 2021, a 35-year-old student returns to chess competitions after a 20-year hiatus. With 1 hour of lessons per week, it goes from 1350 to 1650 after only 10 hours of lessons! ➤ September 2021, a 23-year-old student decides to take 3 hours of lessons per week at 1600 on Chesscom. After a year of lessons he reached 2380 in 15 minute games! ➤ July 2022, a 30-year-old student decides to take 2 hours of lessons per week, he is then 800 on Chesscom. Barely 6 months later, it is 1450 on the same site! ➤ December 2023, one of my young students gained 200 FIDE elo points in 1.5 years of lessons and has just become Paris Champion in his age category! ★ If you still have hesitations, I have more than 200 reviews left by my students at the bottom of the ad. You can read some of them, this will allow you to get a better idea of the quality of the courses and the good atmosphere that reigns there. In order for the lessons to be effective, the secret is regularity, that is to say doing at least 1 hour of lessons per week. ★ ★ Mini group lessons (2 to 4 people) at your home or via webcam! ➤ If you don't want to take lessons alone because you've never taken one. ➤ If you want to work on common themes with your friends who have a similar level to yours. ➤ If you want your teenagers to do something more interesting than spending their days in front of their tablets. ➤ Or if you simply want quality courses at a preferential price. This offer might interest you! Prices are specified at the very bottom of the ad. ★ ★ Individual lessons for adults and experienced children: I offer quality lessons with a real methodology! ★ Progress of the first lessons: Whether you're competing or playing online, we'll analyze your games over a few sessions. 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