I began teaching chess in 5th grade and have since taught chess to hundreds of students. I am a USCF National Master, and I continue to play thousands of online games each year. My peak online ratings include 2717 bullet on lichess, 2566 blitz on chess.com, and 2544 rapid on lichess.

My online profiles:

• https://lichess.org/@/playablecharacter

• https://www.chess.com/member/playablecharacter

Since the end of March 2023 I have beaten ten grandmasters in online quick chess: Nikolai Chadaev (tied for 10th place in the 2012 World Blitz Championship), Keith Arkell (tied for 1st place in the 2014 World Senior Championship), Mikhail Golubev (1st place in the 1996 Ukrainian Chess Championship), Omar Almeida Quintana (4th best active chess player in Cuba; I beat him twice), Konstantine Shanava, Lev Yankelevich, Alexander Zaitsev, Ranaroek66, Nebojsa Nikcevic, and Sriram Jha.

From 2017 until 2018 I taught classes for Chess Wizards in the Seattle area.

Chess lessons usually consist of analyzing the student's games, discussing various aspects of the game (openings, endgames, studying historical chess games), homework after each lesson, and so forth. I can also play chess games with a student, followed by analysis of those games.

Chess Resources

Playing chess games:

• chess.com (the most well known and overall best chess website)

• lichess.org

• wheretoplaychess.info (list of chess organizations in every state)

• Northwest Chess Calendar

Tactics:

• Chess Fundamentals

• Basic checkmates, tactics, and endgames

• chess.com puzzles

• chess.com/puzzles/rush

• chess.com/puzzles/battle

• chess.com/drills

• chess.com/lessons

• chess.com/solo-chess

• ChessTempo Tactics

• chesstempo.com (tactics, openings, endgames)

• chess.com/vision (identifying squares quickly)

• chess.com/article/view/the-10-best-chess-traps

• Endgame study plan

• Chess Corner's basics guide

Personal:

• chesstravel.blogspot.com