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National
Master Michael Aigner of Davis is a multiple time Sacramento Chess Club
champion and Player of the Year.
I teach private lessons to many nationally ranked juniors in Northern California,
both in person and via the internet.
You may check out my website at http://www.fpawn.com/chess. Please note that I already have many
lessons and am not actively recruiting new students. In appreciation
for years of playing casual and tournament chess in Sacramento, I provide a
weekly series of free lectures on Wednesday nights from 6:00 to 6:45. Please see the schedule below for
weeks when there will be a lecture. These
lectures will target class C players, although the material will be suitable
for anyone rated between 1000 and 1800.
I typically pick an instructive (grand-)master level game and discuss
some of the key concepts of that game.
For example, I might talk about development, initiative, space, good
or bad pieces, tactics and endgames. Schedule: (I will try to post cancellations on this website
by Tuesday afternoon. Last
minute cancellations are possible if the weather is poor.) Nov 2 – first lecture at 6:00: understanding active rooks and kings in rook endgames Nov
9 – Mikhail Tal game featuring middlegame concepts (development, good/bad
pieces and initiative) Nov
16 – finish Tal game starting with move 18, plus about five intermediate pawn
endgame problems Nov
23 – no lecture (club awards night) Nov
30 – no lecture (Michael coaching at nationals in Houston, TX) Dec
7 – lecture on tempo and long term initiative based on my game vs Vanessa
West from 2003 US Open Dec
14 – Kasparov identifies weaknesses around opponents king and crushes a
strong GM (Nikolic) Dec
21 – no lecture (holidays) Dec
28 – no lecture (holidays) |