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    Chess tutoring for beginners and advanced players (any age)

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    I offer chess tutoring for beginners and advanced players :) My approach is to promote understanding of the game in a playful way and then look at the moves in order to implement your own chess style. Chess is a beautiful game, which even gets more beautiful the more you understand it (everyone can memorize moves 😉). Nowadays, chess is no longer just about reading and memorizing, but also modern! If a learning process is presented in an interactive and fun way, each person can discover a wide variety of things for themselves, I am firmly convinced of that.

    My current chess.com ELO is 1800 in 10 minute format and 1700 in 3 minute format.

    I am happy about every message!

    Location

    Online via webcam
    At student's location: Around Berlin, Germany

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    General info

    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:
    45 minutes
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    120 minutes
    The class is taught in:German, Spanish, English

    About Me

    Hi :) My name is Alex, I am 23 years old and I am an avid chess and basketball player. My goal is to make more people aware of the beauty of chess through interactive learning and how the approach of problem solving in chess can be applied to other areas of life. By the way, we also care about your ELO :)

    Short version: Everybody can learn chess and everybody benefits from it in an individual way!

    I am happy about every message!

    Education

    At school, I graduated with a 1.4, and I was also a student representative and involved in the youth parliament.

    I am currently studying psychology in the bachelor (B. Sc.), I am about to start my master's program in clinical psychology and psychotherapy.

    Experience / Qualifications

    I have tutored English to several students, and I also lead the annual volunteer group at the annual IFLA Librarians' Congress.

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