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I charge US$ 25 per hour, US$ 100 for 5 hours or US$ 200 for 10 hours, if one purchases them in advance.
Lessons happen on Playchess & ChessRex.com. I use Teams and Google Meet.
Teaching experience – 26 years. Students’ level ranges from beginners to players with 2400 ELO (IMs as well).My mom Nadezhda Fokin (Israeli Women’s Champion, 3rd board in 1992 Chess Olympiad, Soviet Women’s Master) charges US$ 20 for 1 hour (payments via my PayPal e-mail – [email protected]).
Game analysis with verbal comments and suggestions on what to improve and how
Easy improvement – detailed analysis of your games done by an International Master. I charge US$ 10 per game or US$ 35 for 5 games. Analysis can be sent by pgn, html, cbv formats.
Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to weekly e-mails with middlegame/endgame material
Send US$ 5 to [email protected] on Paypal and get 10 game fragments on middlegame/endgame every week. Studying these themes helps to find plans, ideas, build strategies 15-35 moves into the game. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan. Material can be sent in pgn, cbv, html, pdf formats.
Don’t know how to study chess or what to study to improve?
Check out the study material pages or e-mail me at [email protected].
Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to fresh opening ideas & updated theoretical lines sent weekly by e-mail!
Check out https://yelenadembo.com/archives/6242 and https://yelenadembo.com/material-for-sale or e-mail me at [email protected] for info!
Want to learn to play the middlegame or endgame well?
I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
Prices: each annotated example costs 20 cents, so 10 examples cost 2 euros, etc. Send payment to [email protected] on PayPal to get the examples by e-mail in cbv, pgn, html formats.Special price for middlegame books with very interesting verbal explanations
I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
Prices: each annotated example costs 20 cents, so 10 examples cost 2 euros, etc. Send payment to [email protected] on PayPal to get the examples by e-mail in cbv, pgn, html formats.-
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Politiken Cup 2014
With all the elite events that have been going on lately, I almost hadn’t noticed a very strong one – Politiken Cup 2014! There are 24 GMs, 3 WGMs, 11 IMs, etc playing.
Top 10 players after 7 rounds
1 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2693 6.5
2 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2679 Bischwiller 6.0
3 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2665 Philidor 6.0
4 GM Meier Georg GER 2632 OSG Baden-Baden 6.0
5 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2643 Katernberg 6.0
6 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2707 6.0
7 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2685 St. Petersburg 6.0
8 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2671 5.5
9 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2701 SV Hockenheim 5.5
10 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2569 Brønshøj 5.5
A few games from the event
Top 10 pairings of the 8th round
1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2693 6½ – 6 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2707
2 GM Edouard Romain 2679 6 – 6 GM Matlakov Maxim 2685
3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2665 6 – 6 GM Meier Georg 2632
4 GM Romanov Evgeny 2643 6 – 5½ GM Negi Parimarjan 2645
5 GM Semcesen Daniel 2503 5½ – 5½ GM Rapport Richard 2701
6 GM Rasmussen Allan Stig 2522 5½ – 5½ GM Rodshtein Maxim 2671
7 GM Timman Jan H 2610 5½ – 5½ GM Hector Jonny 2506
8 FM Fossan Petter 2257 5½ – 5½ GM Ramirez Alejandro 2580
9 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 2569 5½ – 5½ FM Englert Fabian 2304
10 FM Schroeder Jan-Christian 2370 5½ – 5½ GM Gao Rui 2529
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The 6th Weekend Sale
Today we begin the 6th weekend sale! The offers are:
1. 30 fragments of How to win with Queen versus Rook for US$ 10 (instead of US$ 15).
2. 30 fragments of Rook versus minor piece (the minor piece wins) for US$ 10 (instead of US$ 15).
3. 20 fragments of Q sacrifice for R and minor piece for US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).
4. 20 fragments of sacrifices near the King for only US$ 7 (instead of US$ 10).
5. Theoretical material on the Four Knights + Italian Game for US$ 30 (instead of US$ 40).
All fragments are fully analysed.
For questions about payment or anything else, please e-mail me at [email protected].


