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Ihar

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Blitz/rapid chess player (2100) teaches tactics, calculation, and tournament preparation for players of all levels.

Chess

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About Ihar

I've been playing chess for 5 years. Beyond the board, I also work as a professional English coach and climbing coach — three very different disciplines, but all built on the same foundation: structured, deliberate practice and honest feedback.

I studied at Minsk State Linguistic University and have spent 10 years teaching professionally, which shapes how I coach chess as much as it shapes how I teach language — I care less about you memorizing openings and more about you actually understanding why a position works, so the skill sticks.

I'm patient with beginners and direct with anyone chasing real rating gains — I'll tell you honestly when something isn't working rather than just being encouraging for its own sake. Outside of chess, I'm based in [current city], and I bring the same coaching philosophy across everything I teach: real improvement comes from targeted practice, not passive exposure.

About the lesson

My approach is built around deliberate practice, not just playing games and hoping you improve. I've been a 2000+ player for years, and I coach the way serious sport and skill training works: identify your specific weak points, drill them directly, then test them under real pressure.

A typical lesson starts with a short tactics warm-up to sharpen calculation, then we review a recent game of yours — mine or an engine's analysis won't replace understanding why a move works, so I always ask you to explain your thinking first. From there we go deep on whatever's actually holding you back: calculation speed, opening understanding, endgame technique, or decision-making under time pressure. Every lesson ends with a specific, concrete thing to practice before the next one — not vague "just play more" advice.

What sets me apart: I'm not only a chess coach. I also coach English and climbing, and all three share the same underlying principle — skill comes from structured, deliberate repetition with honest feedback, not passive exposure. That cross-disciplinary lens means I'm unusually good at diagnosing why a specific pattern isn't sticking for you, not just pointing out that it isn't.

I work with players from motivated beginners who want a real foundation to intermediate and advancing players preparing for tournaments. Patient with newer players, direct and rigorous with anyone chasing rating gains.

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Blitz/rapid chess player (2100) teaches tactics, calculation, and tournament preparation for players of all levels.

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Blitz/rapid chess player (2100) teaches tactics, calculation, and tournament preparation for players of all levels.

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About Ihar

About the lesson

Rates

Rate

Pack rates

free lessons

online

Other tutors in Chess

Nart Murat

Antoine

Victor

Emmanuel

Agil

ADRIEN

Dragan

Dragan

Aman

Aman

Valery

Keyana

Simon

Dragan

Daniel

JD

Davayne

Joy

Flavia

Shashank

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