IM Tamas Balla

My name is Balla Tamás. I was born in 1984
I am playing chess since the age of six. I became IM (international master) in 2012. I play for three different chess clubs in three different countries (Hungary, Romania and Serbia ).
I graduated history in Timisoara, Romania in 2008. My past professional experience includes jobs in three schools as history teacher for more than 10 years.
I am from Romania, but currently live in Serbia!

I was a history teacher for more then a decade, so I have a lot of experience with students with different skills, ages and habits. First, I try to see what is your strengthts and weaknesses and then try to solve the weaknesses and increase the strength! I think I am a funny person and I can teach you interesting things about chess and life! I like interactive lessons, so you can expect to be an active participant in the lesson, as in my opinion it is the fastest way to get to the next level.

I think my strenght is that I try to understand the positions, the pawnstructures! I like what Andre Philidor sad almoust three hundred years ago: "Good play of the pawns; they are the soul of chess: it is they alone that determine the attack and the defense, and the winning or losing of the game depends entirely on their good or bad arrangement."
So for this reason I want to teach you pawnstructures and when I learn a new opening I want to understand the basic and the hidden ideas of that opening, not just memorise the moves like a machine!

I adapt my teaching methods based on the student’s level, objectives and needs. We start by checking the student’s games because then we can identify the strengths and weaknesses! Afterward we talk about them, create a strategy and then start the improvement step by step.
If I want to detailed my method a little bit more then I think that is crucial to analyze you're own games! All the time I will try to increse you're pattern recognition! Of course we can learn new openings, understand basic and theoretical endgames!
If you are interested working with me, contact me here or send an email to tamasb365@gmail.com