I’ve been teaching for a long time and I’ve changed my methods and philosophies over the years to arrive where I am now. But to get a good idea of who I am as a chess teacher I’ll have to give you some background information on who I am as a chess player.
I gained 1000 points my first year playing chess(at the age of 14) and I became an expert the following year. After only three years I had won a national championship (11th grade National Champion in the USA) and I did this while becoming an AP scholar and playing a sport for my high school every season of every year past freshman.
When I was 18 in my first international tournament, the World Open, I beat three International Masters consecutively and became a FIDE master while doing so. A year later I won the Charlotte Open and in the same year, 2005, I left the USA to study and live in Colombia. I won a chess scholarship due to my chess laurels and began studying advertising. I left chess to live my life. While I was studying advertising and working as an English instructor in Bogotá, I played in a tournament after not having played for more than a year, not even a single blitz game on the internet and I won the tournament and the title of International Master title with 7.5 out of 9. I believe I am the only North Carolina high school champion to ever become an International Master. And I'm pretty sure I'll be the first one to become a Grandmaster :D
I charge $30 an hour and $80 for four separate hours. See my videos on method for more information. Any questions or concerns can be sent my way, my e-mail address is squarology @ gmail dot com
