GM Jonathan Speelman from England
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Please contact me on LiChess or by email at jonathan@jspeelman.co.uk
GM Jonathan Speelman
Happy to work with all ages and standards to increase your enjoyment of chess and open up new vistas of understanding.
| Location | London United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Languages | English (US) |
| Rating | FIDE: 2503 |
| Hourly rate | $75 per hour or $120 for a two hour lesson (or two one hour lessons in a week) |
| Availability | Accepting students |
| Active |
About me
Playing experience
World Championship Candidate semi-finalist in 1990 and in the last 16 in 1990-3
Three times British Champion
Rated world #4 in January 1989
Three times British Champion
Rated world #4 in January 1989
Teaching experience
FIDE Senior Trainer
Twice a second at the world championship
for Nigel Short v Gary Kasparov in London 1993
and Viswanathan Anand v Kasparov in New York 1995
Several times captain at Olympiads and European team championships.
Have worked with many strong players over the years including some top GMs.
Have taught online for several years now and happy to work with all ages and standards.
Twice a second at the world championship
for Nigel Short v Gary Kasparov in London 1993
and Viswanathan Anand v Kasparov in New York 1995
Several times captain at Olympiads and European team championships.
Have worked with many strong players over the years including some top GMs.
Have taught online for several years now and happy to work with all ages and standards.
Other experiences
Commentator during the Kasparov v Short world championship for Channel 4 (as well as a second) and commentator both online and in person at numerous events over the years.
Very recently started streaming commentary for LiChess at twitch.tv/jonspeelman
Very recently started streaming commentary for LiChess at twitch.tv/jonspeelman
Best skills
While playing good at calculation and endings. Pretty calm while teaching (I think - certainly more than in other situations). And very rarely if ever critical since I know all too well how easy it is to blunder when you're playing.
Teaching methodology
The main thing I want to do, is to open people's eyes to the beauty and dynamism that chess contains and enable them to access these in their own games. To do so, I look at their games with them - or sometimes nice GM examples past or present - and depending on their strength highlight things they probably won't have realised; or with somewhat stronger players bat ideas back and forth. This should lead to improvement "by osmosis".
Of course, I also do more formal teaching improving endgame play, looking at typical middlegame themes and looking at opening lines: though the opening should really be the last thing that weaker players concentrate on since you need enough context for them to make any real sense.
Of course, I also do more formal teaching improving endgame play, looking at typical middlegame themes and looking at opening lines: though the opening should really be the last thing that weaker players concentrate on since you need enough context for them to make any real sense.