17 Oct 05
Originally posted by BowmannI don’t make any claims regarding either my chess or teaching ability. I believe that the best way to demonstrate this would be to put it into practice. A student can then decide for themselves whether or not the benefits are worthwhile. I’d intend to offer help to those below something like 1800 FIDE Elo (I’m approximately 2100).
Are you any good?
In order that people don’t think I’m trying to take their money for a once-off waste of time, I’d have to consider doing an initial free trial. But then I need to protect myself against time wasters. I’m still considering the best approach.
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17 Oct 05
Originally posted by JusuhThere is indeed a vast amount of useful information on the Internet. Plus there is a huge amount of chess books, DVDs, etc. available for purchase. But still, many players reach a certain level and find it difficult to improve any further. And they find that reading more doesn’t help.
sounds ridiculous...who would like to pay for teaching when internet is filled with free chess stuff?
if somebody really likes to pay for lessons, i can be a potential teacher too
If you have the desire and ability, why not go for it? If done properly, and priced fairly, you could help some other players.
I’ve taken lessons in the past from a GM. It not only helped me to improve, but I found that it significantly increased my interest in the game by opening my eyes to things I’d never considered before. And like many others, I too read a lot of chess books.
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17 Oct 05
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Originally posted by BowmannPlease don’t, I’m sure your efforts are well appreciated by many. :-)
Maybe I should stop posting mine for free.
What I propose is more personalised training involving analysing a person’s games, etc., and presenting further training based on their individual needs. It would involve a considerable amount of time and effort on my part. I’m not proposing reproducing anything that can be readily found via the Internet, books or Fritz. Having a coach needs to be more than that.
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17 Oct 05
I am sure there might be a few people who would be interested. I would think that the person would have to be a member at the site, and proven their skills here first before they would get much interest. I would possibly pay for a few lessons if the teacher was one of the top players here and had a good reputation
18 Oct 05
Originally posted by VarenkaGo do it on ICC or Playchess theres facilitys to aid people who want to teach. Iv only ever been on ICC once so I cant really say how good they are there, but on Playchess you can open a training room and charge people who want to learn. However the competiton might be quite high as 2100 elo isnt really that special on playchess.
Sounds reasonable. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.
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18 Oct 05
Originally posted by whitedeerwithnohornsI’ve had some training on both ICC and Playchess. I agree that there are some facilities for aiding training (setting up positions, highlighting squares, coloured arrows, etc.). This would be my preferred method for looking over some endgames, etc.
Go do it on ICC or Playchess theres facilitys to aid people who want to teach.
However, for getting my completed games analysed, I found that using e-mail was better in terms of time and feedback. In a 1 hour interactive session it’s very easy to get sidetracked and the time goes by rather quickly. But with e-mail, I found that my games were commented more fully and to the point. I sometimes followed up with some discussion on ICC to clarify some points, but at least the bulk of my game had been commented offline. When I received an e-mail with comments, I found it more easy to see what I was getting for my money. E-mails can be easily archived for future reference; easier than copying an ICC log. My e-mails were based on cbv [Chessbase] format.
“2100 elo isnt really that special on playchess”
2100 isn’t special anywhere.
While ratings have some relevance, it’s only a small part of the story. For any rating, how can you tell if that person can give good advice on how to play the French Defence better, or how to improve at rook endgames? It’s possible that one player rated X could do so, but another similarly rated player can’t offer any beneficial advice in these areas. I’ve read a Karpov quote where he said he didn’t think he’d make a good coach because he wouldn’t understand players’ difficulties that he never had. But on the other hand, Dvoretsky is a very successful trainer.
18 Oct 05
Originally posted by VarenkaWell I cant comment on ICC but play chess automaticly saves any game you play or look at and that includeds analysis. Along with the comments added to the position. Secondly you can also do it by microphone and chat real time, therefore increaing the flow of information greatly in a short time like an hour. I guess its up to people which they prefer, im sure there are people who would lean towards being taught on RHP via e-mail etc.
I’ve had some training on both ICC and Playchess. I agree that there are some facilities for aiding training (setting up positions, highlighting squares, coloured arrows, etc.). This would be my preferred method for looking over some endgames, etc.
However, for getting my completed games analysed, I found that using e-mail was better in terms of time an ...[text shortened]... difficulties that he never had. But on the other hand, Dvoretsky is a very successful trainer.
I dont think I made my comment about 2100 not be special on playchess as clearly as I had ment to. On RHP you would be the only 2100 (to my knowledge) teaching for payment, where as on Playchess you can find 2100+ people teaching all the time. Most often for free too.