FM Midas Ratsma

Hi, I am a Dutch Fide Master rated 2326. I am working full-time as a chess coach and author and have published 8 popular Chessable courses for Beginners and Club Players: www.chessable.com/author/MidasRatsma/

All information can also be found on my website: www.thechesscommunity.com/

You can take a training package of 10 weekly lessons with a discount:

Single lessons €50,- per hour

10 lessons of 1 hour: €450,- (10% discount)

10 lessons of 1,5 hours: €637.50 (15% discount)

10 lessons of 2 hours: €800,- (20% discount)

You can sign up for lessons with the contact form on my website: www.thechesscommunity.com/lessons-midas/

I reached the FM title in 2018. After that, I won the Alkmaar weekend tournament in 2023 and reached a shared first place in the Amsterdam Weekend Open 2024, both competing in fields with many titled players.

I am working as a full-time chess coach teaching about 25 hours per week to students ranging from beginner to 2000 level, which I enjoy a lot. Over the year, I collected a lot of training exercises for different levels and created multiple opening repertoires and instructive YouTube videos.

Read more about my Chessable courses on my website or author profile:
www.thechesscommunity.com/attacking-courses/
www.thechesscommunity.com/beginner-courses/
www.chessable.com/author/MidasRatsma/

I would say my three best skills in teaching are:

1) To explain difficult strategic concepts in a way that is easy to understand and implement

2) To provide you with high-quality training material based on your level like calculation exercises and an opening repertoire

3) To teach you how to use the most important books, chess videos, ChessBase , and other training tools, which makes you able to continue improving your chess even when the lessons are over

When you take lessons, I will take care of all the steps for your training program.
1) Recommendations for Chessable courses.
2) Weekly homework puzzles for tactics and strategy

The lessons focus on the following aspects:

- Game analyses: Analysis of your tournament, competition, or online games

- Training exercises: Exercises to practice calculation and endgame knowledge

- Homework: exercises and openings to study in-between the lessons

- Tournament preparation: Specific preparation for your next opponent in a tournament

Chess players from beginner level till 2100 rating are welcome to take online training on Google Meet. If you are interested you are welcome to plan a free introduction session, of 30 minutes to get to know each other. After the introduction session, you can decide if you want to continue and take lessons.