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FM Antoine Kassis

“Every chess master was once a beginner.”

LocationBeirut Lebanon
LanguagesFrançais, العربية, English (US)
RatingFIDE: 220525011704
Hourly rate20$
AvailabilityAccepting students
Active

About me

Antoine Emile Kassis

Lebanese chess champion 1995 and 2019
Lebanese rapid chess champion 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2010

Playing experience

Represented Lebanon in all the Olympiads from 1994 till 2018
1994 (Moscow), 1996 (Armenia), 1998 (Russia), 2002 (Slovenia), 2004 (Spain), 2006 (Italy), 2008 (Germany), 2010 (Russia), 2012 (Turkey), 2014 (Norway), 2016 (Azerbaijan), 2018 (Georgia).

winning 2 bronze medals in the Arab Team Chess Championships in Jordan and UAE.

won against GM Vassily Ivanchuk a simultaneous game.

Teaching experience

Playing chess in international tournaments since 1992
Teaching students since 1998
winning titles like
National Master
Candidate Master
Fide Master

Other experiences

teaching through Zoom and skype

Best skills

Endgame skills and Positional Play
Very good opening preparations

Teaching methodology

First i play chess games against my students to have an idea about the level
usualy the lessons prepared is according to his weaknesses
plus opening preparations for tournaments.
I watch my students in their online games to see where they are going wrong and fix it.