So, your child has become interested in chess. Perhaps this happened just recently, and he is now in the process of learning the pieces. Or perhaps your child has already been playing for a long time, and you are seriously beginning to think about whether he can become a professional …
I think absolutely every chess beginner at some stage of their development has asked themselves this question. Most often this thought comes to those who have hit their first chess plateau. In this article I want to give you my grandmaster opinion regarding this question and answer as thoroughly as …
Before we begin, I would like to immediately point out that this is not a self-promotional article where the conclusion will be “choose International Grandmaster Valery Filippov as your chess coach,” meaning me. No, my goal here is completely different: to help beginners make the right choice when selecting a …