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WFM Sivakami Ramanathan

64 squares conquered me when I was as little as 10 years and the love continues till today. Want to spread the inspiring game to next gen.

LocationChennai India
LanguagesEnglish (US), தமிழ்
RatingFIDE: 2067
Hourly rate$20
AvailabilityAccepting students
Active

About me

* Woman FIDE Master from Madurai, Tamilnadu, India.
* Started Playing chess from 1992 when I was 12 years old.
* 4 times National Bronze Medalist
* State champion many times in category tournaments.
* Won many district level chess championships as well.

Playing experience

* Playing chess for last 30 years.
* FIDE Peak rating achieved 2115
* FIDE rating current 2067
* Represented India in Asian championship in 2000.
* Played in all category nationals between 1992-2000
* All India Inter University Gold medalist, Silver medalist, Team Captain for Men's team, Women's team and Board Prize winner.
* Have been selected to represent the country and completely trained under GMs in a special camp for about a month.

Teaching experience

* Training students from various parts of the world via online Zoom Skype classes.
* 64 squares conquered me when I was as little as 10 years and the love continues till today.
* Passionate to develop young chess talents with my expertise.
* Patient enough to handle children as little as 5 years to 15 years.
* I take personal classes as well as Group lessons.

Other experiences

I am a post graduate in Master of Computer Applications. I write blogs in Chess.com

Best skills

* An expert with endgame techniques.
* I can prepare and share the necessary opening variations according to the student's need.

I feel happy to share this feedback which I received from a Senior Coach.

IN MY CAREER AS A COACH I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYBODY UTILISING THE POWER OF "knight" IN A CHESS GAME AS YOU REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED IN MANY OF YOUR GAMES AGAINST MANY OF MY STUDENTS - I STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE GAMES WHICH I SHOW AS EXAMPLES TO THE UPCOMING PLAYERS

Teaching methodology

* Love children and obviously working with kids is a blessing.
* Inspire them with stories about Master games.
* Once they are grounded with basics, I build them with further techniques and strategies.
* Analysing their games and sharing feedbacks helps to fine tune the game play.
* Discuss and structure lesson plan as per individual style.
* Follow up them with Homework completion and ensure they are working as per structured plan.
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