I started my coaching on 5th March, 2025 and what I learned in 1 hour was so eyeopening. I am a new chess player, but he made everything so clear. His knowledge has made me improve in just 1 night. I will continue under his coaching and hopefully in the future I can pass on my knowledged learned to help others. Thanks a lot.
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Hello, my username is FW_Domino, my current chess elo is around 600
Hello
Mar 14, 2025
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To make things easier, I updated my original posting to add my calendar for coaching session bookings. Hopefully this will greatly simplify things and relieve some of the scheduling conflicts. If you need a weekend day, just shoot me a private message and we'll schedule it on a first come first serve basis based on my personal time on the weekends.
Thank you all for the wonderful compliments and reviews.
I just had my first session on Monday and I have to say that I really enjoyed it and cannot recommend his coaching enough for players who are low elo and struggling. He really opened my eyes showing me how weak my middlegame is and told me how a simple change in mindset would fix that because I otherwise understand opening fundamentals.
Our session actually ended up going longer than an hour because we were chatting it up and Gordy had so much to share. He also gave me a neat opening idea to add to my repertoire. The lesson didn't feel overwhelming either because he has found that really you only need to know the first 10 moves of opening theory especially at our level.
Overall, I can't recommend this enough. I left the session dumbfounded that I did not pay a dollar for such a nice experience.
Mar 28, 2025
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RetroGordy wrote:
Hello, welcome to my chess coaching thread. I am RetroGordy also known as RetroShumway on Twitch.TV!
I'm a Gen-X guy, longtime gamer and semi-professional MTG player of which I competed competitively in Pro Tour Qualifying events from 1994-2005. At the age of 9 I learned chess from my grandfather, playing regularly until my teenage years. I stepped away from the game picking up alternate hobbies as mentioned above.
I have many more years of knowledge of the game than my playing may show. I'm rated 1650 on Lichess and 1600+ on Chess Universe. I do most of my coaching and training here on Chess.com. In just 90 days I've played over 2000 games online, and have climbed at an astounding rate of over 1000 points. Please understand that some of the best trainers and coaches in the world were some of the worst players. I have over 20-years of educational and training experience. I poses a unique way of educating people, a brisk but enthusiastic direct one-on-one technical approach to help you learn the absolute most you can in a short period of time. I will help you create new better habits in chess, opening preparation, middle and endgame understanding, checkmate patterns, as well as chess tactics... Think about it, what do you have to lose?
What do I ask of you? All I ask is that;
- You set aside roughly 1-hour of time, distraction free to work with me, here on chess.com via the classroom (invitation link will be provided)
- Click THIS LINK to my calendly account to schedule your next coaching session!
- Please, this is an entirely free service offered by me. I ask you to respect me and my time, commit yourself to the lesson(s) and show up
- The willingness to learn and improve
- Be open-minded, relaxed and a will to learn. Take notes as needed, practice your training in your future games and most importantly HAVE FUN!!
- Leave an honest review (good, bad, or neutral in this thread) of your experience). This helps me gauge my methods in correspondence with my plans
Who are these lesson(s) for?
I've set an appropriate targeted audience for myself in the ranges from 0-1300 rated players. For now I feel anyone above the 1300 rating would likely benefit greater from a more experienced professional in the chess field.
What kind of coaching do I offer?
- A one-on-one approach via the Chess.com classroom
- Audio and/or video during the lesson. A microphone on your end is not required but beneficial
- Game analysis and review to discuss your repetitive behaviors, both good and bad
- Personalized plans that are not generic but catered to you and your playstyle!
- Non-generic over publicized information
- I will review your past 3-5 games both wins and losses to come up with a specific training plan designed and built specifically for YOU
What do I get out of all this?
My hope is to make this a long-term, successful encounter with a large enough student base that maybe something more will grow from it. That's it! There's no small print, gimmick or catch to this offer. Respect me and my time, and I'll equally respect yours.
How do we proceed?
Visit my Calendly HERE to schedule a session. Send me a brief private message confirming your booking. Lastly, allow me a bit of preparation time prior to our meet and we'll begin!
Keep in mind, I'm only one person. So there will only be so many spots available at a time. I will however reply to all messages and inform you if there may be a small wait. My recommendation is to continue playing in the meantime versus REAL-LIFE players (not bots) and I'll follow-up as soon as possible. This is a first come first serve basis.
Thank you for all who has inquired. I hope you enjoy your day!
I will try. I have been trying everything to improve. 
But ur 900, you can't even chomp on hanging pieces how r u gonna teach other people