FM Sasa Jevtic

My name is Sasa Jevtic and I am from Serbia.
I am FIDE Master (2 IM norms), FIDE Trainer, International Arbiter and International Organizer.
Starting with January 2016. I became full time chess professional.
I have graduated in Civil Engineering faculty in Nis in 2000. and got my M.Sc. degree at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany in 2002.
From 2002 to 2016. I worked on many positions in Municipality of my hometown Paracin.
I am married and father of Milos (2002) and Milica (2006)
I speak fluent English and have a basic knowledge of German language.

Chess has been my passion from the early ages. Due to many educational obligations, I never had enough time to seriously work on my improvement as a player. Anyway I got the FM title in 2009. and I have 2 IM norms.

I have more than 15 years of teaching experience. I started to work as professional chess coach back in 2004.
Up to now I have more than 150 students from all over the world. Mostly I am teaching on ICC (Internet Chess Club).
Currently I am an active chess coach of CCL (Columbus Chess Lessons) in USA.
Although I am specialist for endgames, I can teach students all aspects of the game. I made many successes in all categories with students of chess school in Youth Chess Club "Paracin" in Serbia. Back in 2004. I began working as an online chess coach and I had many satisfied students worldwide.
I worked as a chess coach at different chess camps and workshops for kids and adults in USA, mostly in Missouri, (St. Louis and Kansas City).
I was honored to be the first professional chess coach who hosted public chess events at, nowadays, the most famous chess club in the world: St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
I also have experience of assisting and preparing young players during big international tournaments (World Youth and Cadet Championship 2015, Porto Carras, Greece).
More information: http://www.chesscoaching.info/

Except being a chess trainer I am also very active in all chess fields as chess arbiter and chess organizer. I am one of only few persons in a world holding international FIDE titles in all 4 fields (as a player, trainer, arbiter and organizer). I am holder of the following titles:
-FM (FIDE master),
-FT (FIDE Trainer),
-IA (International Arbiter) and
-IO (International Organizer).
The most important tournaments in which I was an arbiter were:
-European Club Cup in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia in September 2011,
-13th European Individual Chess Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in March 2012, where he was an arbiter for the top 15 boards with 2700+ players,
-23rd European Youth Chess Championship in Budva, Montenegro in September/October 2013.
I have organized many local and international tournaments. The most known event is traditional Chess Festival which is each July organized in Paracin, Serbia. Nowadays, this Chess Festival is the most important chess event in Serbia and one of the best in the region. More details are available at official web site http://paracinchess.rs/

Endgames and middle game plans are my specialties.
I try to be always positive, to make lessons interesting and to keep attention of my students.
My main goal is to see happy students and to help players to understand chess better and become better players.
More information: http://www.chesscoaching.info/

I intend to have Interactive lessons and to make lessons interesting and to keep attention of my students.
I try to teach students to think and to get maximum from each position.