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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.
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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!
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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
My first chess book, “The Very Unusual Book About Chess” – ONLY 15 euros with postage and packaging included. Detailed explanation of tactical methods.
My second book is titled “Conversation with a Professional Trainer – Methods of Positional Play” – ONLY 15 euros with postage and packaging included. Detailed explanation of positional ideas and methods!
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Sunday Quiz
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix – Sharjah 2014
(Photo taken from the official site)
Ju is on 8 points, Hou is half a point behind and Tuvshintugs has 6.5 points. Just one round left.
Results of the 10th round
GM Zhao Xue 2508 ½ – ½ GM Ushenina Anna 2487
GM Zhu Chen 2461 1 – 0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494
WGM Ju Wenjun 2559 ½ – ½ GM Koneru Humpy 2598
GM Danielian Elina 2490 0 – 1 GM Harika Dronavalli 2521
WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346 ½ – ½ GM Hou Yifan 2661
WGM L’ami Alina 2446 ½ – ½ WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315
Standings after 10 rounds
1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2559 CHN 8
2 GM Hou Yifan 2661 CHN 7½
3 WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346 MGL 6½
4 GM Ushenina Anna 2487 UKR 6
5 GM Zhao Xue 2508 CHN 5½
6 GM Harika Dronavalli 2521 IND 5½
7 GM Danielian Elina 2490 ARM 5
8 GM Koneru Humpy 2598 IND 4½
9 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494 RUS 4
10 GM Zhu Chen 2461 QAT 3
11 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315 UZB 3
12 WGM L’ami Alina 2446 ROU 1½
Games of the round
Pairings of the last round
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315 – GM Zhao Xue 2508
GM Hou Yifan 2661 – WGM L’ami Alina 2446
GM Harika Dronavalli 2521 – WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346
GM Koneru Humpy 2598 – GM Danielian Elina 2490
GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2559
GM Ushenina Anna 2487 – GM Zhu Chen 2461
Saturday Quiz
The 12th Weekend Sale
The weekend is here! As usual, there are many offers on all phases – opening, middlegame and endgame!
Openings:
Slav – US$ 20
King’s Gambit – US$ 25
French – US$ 30
Philidor – US$ 10
Dutch – US$ 15
Middlegame:
20 examples on Sacrifice near the King – US$ 8
20 examples on Outpost – US$ 8
20 examples on Good/Bad exchanges – US$ 8
20 examples on Exchange sacrifice on f6 – US$ 8
20 examples on Piece sacrifice on b5 in the Sicilian – US$ 8
Endgame:
20 examples on R + pawn versus R – US$ 7
20 examples on N + pawn versus B – US$ 7
20 examples on B + pawn versus B – US$ 7
20 examples on Q + minor piece versus Q – US$ 7
20 examples on R + pawn versus minor piece – US$ 7
20 examples on any usual endgame (N, B, R, Q, pawn, etc) – US$ 7
For questions about payment or anything else, please e-mail me at [email protected].
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix – Sharjah 2014
(Photo taken from the official site)
Ju Wenjun leads with 7,5 points. Hou Yifan is on 7 and Tuvshintugs has 6.
Results of the 9th round
WGM L’ami Alina 2446 0 – 1 GM Zhao Xue 2508
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315 ½ – ½ WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346
GM Hou Yifan 2661 ½ – ½ GM Danielian Elina 2490
GM Harika Dronavalli 2521 0 – 1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2559
GM Koneru Humpy 2598 ½ – ½ GM Zhu Chen 2461
GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494 0 – 1 GM Ushenina Anna 2487
Standings after 9 rounds
1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2559 CHN 7½
2 GM Hou Yifan 2661 CHN 7
3 WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346 MGL 6
4 GM Ushenina Anna 2487 UKR 5½
5 GM Danielian Elina 2490 ARM 5
6 GM Zhao Xue 2508 CHN 5
7 GM Harika Dronavalli 2521 IND 4½
8 GM Koneru Humpy 2598 IND 4
9 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494 RUS 4
10 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315 UZB 2½
11 GM Zhu Chen 2461 QAT 2
12 WGM L’ami Alina 2446 ROU 1
Games of the round
Pairings of the 10th round
GM Zhao Xue 2508 – GM Ushenina Anna 2487
GM Zhu Chen 2461 – GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494
WGM Ju Wenjun 2559 – GM Koneru Humpy 2598
GM Danielian Elina 2490 – GM Harika Dronavalli 2521
WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346 – GM Hou Yifan 2661
WGM L’ami Alina 2446 – WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315



