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Learn Chess from a National Expert and Experienced Teacher (all ages) (virtual)
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Hi! My name is Dan Pomerantz, and I'm offering chess lessons to students of all ages/skill level. My peak ELO rating is over 2100 USCF and 2200 Canadian, which qualifies me as a National Expert/ Candidate Master. More important than my rating is that I'm passionate about teaching and quality education, having taught professionally at the university/college level for over 15 years.
What we'll do: Some of the activities we'll do together to improve your game include:
-Going over recent games you've played to find areas of improvement
-Chess puzzles designed to enhance your pattern recognition or calculation
-Study openings and endgames for the key ideas, instead of simply memorizing moves
-Review illustrative games of famous players, both current and past
My Teaching Philosophy: One of the most important things I can do is curate the overwhelming amount of material that's out there, to find activities and positions that hit the sweet spot between being challenging enough to improve, while also not being so challenging so as to become discouraging.
It's also really important as a student to realize that everyone, even the chess world champions, makes mistakes. What's most important for improvement is to be able to learn from them by understanding why the mistakes happened, so we can avoid them the next time.
Rates: I charge $40 per hour for a virtual lesson. My rate includes preparation for a personalized lesson before each class, and any student receiving recurring lessons will receive asynchronous support from me (over email or text). I also offer group lessons (usually 2 or 3 students at once) for a discount per student as well as bulk purchase rates.
Whether you have specific goals you want to achieve or simply want more exposure to the activity that is art, science, and sport all in one, please reach out to discuss the next steps!
P.s. I've noticed the Craigslist relay server occasionally drops messages. If at any point you've reached out and not gotten a reply within 24-48 hours, please try again or use my email address.