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CM Han Schut

Certified trainer (Steps Method) with over 30 years of coaching experience and Chessable author (9 courses)

LocationCharlotte, NC United States
LanguagesNederlands, English (US)
Rating23182318
AvailabilityAccepting students
Active

About me

Certified trainer in the Chess Steps Method (developed by Van Wijgerden/Brunia)
Fide Candidate Master and US National Master
Coach and father of WIM Lisa and WFM Donna Schut.
- Lisa won 3 medals at the World and European Chess Championships and won the Dutch women's championship at age 19.
- Donna became the Dutch youth champion ahead of 25 boys.
Author of 9 Chessable courses
Writer for New In Chess Magazine and New In Chess Yearbook

YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/hanschut
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/hanschut.bsky.social
Chessable: www.chessable.com/author/HanSchut/

Teaching experience

Lisa won 3 medals at World and European Chess Championships and became Dutch women's champion at the age of 19 with a performance rating of 2559 and ahead of GM Peng, IM Lanchava and WGM Haast. She played at 4 Chess Olympiads for the Dutch National Team and was topscorer in 2010 and 2012 with a score of 8.0/10 and 8.5/10 respectively. Lisa beat her first GM (Narcisco Dublan) when she just turned 15.
Donna won the Dutch youth championships (25 boys and 1 girl) ahead of current GMs Robin van Kampen en David Klein. At the European youth championships in 2006 she defeated national champions Nazi Paikizde and Anne Haast in less than 30 moves.
Youth coach of IM Joost Berkvens (2409, 2 times Dutch youth champion under 20)

Best skills

The Steps Method - a comprehensive chess training system
Learning players how to evaluate a chess position and find the best move
Building an attacking opening repertoire

Teaching methodology

Chess Step Method
Analysis of over the board games
Building an attacking opening repertoire

Latest blog posts

The Tortoise and the Hare

On Puzzle Storm (speed), Puzzle Streak (accuracy) and Lichess Ratings

NEW: Position Search in the Forward Chess library

Searching for positions in books you own and do not own is now possible

Leela Chess Zero's spectacular Qxf5!!

It is all in the network!

A Framework for Position Analysis

Improve your chess by using this analysis process from the Steps Method