My experience of the game

All my projects

My teaching method

- Get to know us! Introduction: discussion / call beforehand to get to know each other, define your expectations, your objectives, the frequency of lessons...

- Before each lesson: short discussion with the student to prepare the session based on what they want to work on.

- Course of the lesson: serious work for 1 to 2 hours: lessons on a strategic or tactical theme followed by exercises to check that the student has mastered the theme, study of theoretical finals, analysis of games by the great masters, consolidation of the student's repertoire of openings, analysis of his/her own games to identify his/her strengths and weaknesses, etc. Throughout the session, students will be asked lots of questions so that they can be active and make maximum progress.

- At the end of a lesson: if they wish, I send them the PGN files of the openings and parts we've studied, as well as the positions we've worked on, so that they can review them on their own, and if the student is very motivated, I can give them exercises to do from one session to the next.

- PS: For my pupils aged 8 to 13, I offer a feedbabk (assessment) every month or so to review the child's progress with the parents.

- Bonus: during tournaments, I'll be on hand if the student needs advice, or if they want to prepare against a particular opponent... the aim being to support them throughout their progress.

My on-line activity

🥇Winner of the open A of the French youth championship in 2018.

🥇Winner of the open A of the French adult championship in 2022.

I've played closed MI standards tournaments several times in Barcelona, including one that earned me the FIDE master title.😎

- My best performance was my victory, in the classic game, with black against the Polish GM Marcin Krzyzanowski (ranked 2539 at the time of the game🔥).

- In terms of draws, it's my draw, in the classic game, with black against GM Yannick Gozzoli (French top 10 and French champion 2023🔥) ranked 2600 at the time of the game!!!

I have a YouTube channel : www.youtube.com/@ethansaya on which I post chess videos !

I also have a Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/Ethan_Saya on which I usually stream games for educational purposes against spectators!

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My new challenges

As a player, I'm training very intensively for the next few competitions, with the aim of achieving the standards and the title of International Master in 2024 and then, if all goes well, I'm aiming for the title of Grand Master in 2025.