fabianvivasz

🏆Playing Experience and Achievements🏆

• Since 2009 (U-10), I was a member of the national team of my country in junior categories, being national champion 🏆 5 times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017).
• Between 2009 and 2017, I represented Venezuela in several international events (in junior categories) with good results, among which are:
  • 🥇GOLD as the 2nd Board of the Venezuelan team champion of the Central American student Games U-17 Yucatán, Mexico 2015. in the classical and Blitz formats.
  • 🥈SILVER in the rapid, individual format.
  • 🏅3 times 4th place in the Pan-american Youth Chess Festival in the 2009 (Argentina), 2015 (Colombia) and 2017 (Costa Rica) editions. 
• ⏫Between 2017 and 2018 I increased my FIDE rating more than 200 points (reaching 2364)
• During that time period, I qualified and had the honor to participate in the Batumi Chess Olympiad as the 4th board, scoring 5,5 of 10.
• Three years later, I also qualified and played in the Online Olympiad 2021, where our team was undefeated in the 3rd Division and was close to qualify to the 1st division.
• In November 2023 I achieved my first IM norm after winning an ITT tournament in Vélez, Colombia.
• In January 2024 I secured my second IM norm in a closed ITT tournament in Lima (valid for GM norms) where I got 3rd place.
• In March 2024, I achieved my peak rating so far: 2408, when I was ranked #2 in Venezuela national ranking

👨🏼‍🏫Coaching Experience👨🏼‍🏫

1. 🌎Diverse Students: From beginners to 2200-rated players, I’ve worked with chess lovers of all levels and age groups. I’ve taught students as young as 7 and adults too. Of course, I adapt my style and approach depending on the characteristics of the student
2. 🏅Students' Success: Some of my students have achieved remarkable results, including Top-3 places in South-American, Central-American, and Pan-American Championships within their respective categories.
3. 👨🏼‍🏫Official Coaching Role: As the Official Coach of the Venezuelan National team at the XVI Central American Youth Festival in Mérida, Venezuela (2018), where I contributed to our team’s success.

📚Teaching Methodology📚

In today's information-rich era 🌐🖥️, where books, courses, videos and other resources are easily accesible to almost everyone, I believe a player should focus on developing a deep understanding of the game, aiming to comprehend the core reasons behind certain moves and strategic principles rather than blindly follow what some source suggests you do.

1. 👀 Analyze Student's Games in order to get the most information possible about their style, weaknesses and strengths.
2. 📆 Personalized Training Plan We’ll create a plan that sharpens your strengths and shores up weaknesses, covering all facets of the game.
3. 🎯Developing Different Skills: I use a system of 10 skills, evaluating where you are in each of these areas and working on them accordingly. If you are a tournament player and especially if you are aspiring to obtain a title, you should definitely work on all these skills.
   1. 🤔 Calculation
   2. 🧩 Tactical Vision
   3. 🔚 Endgames
   4. 📙 Openings
   5. ❔ Evaluation of Positions
   6. ♟️ Strategy
   7. 👁️ Visualization
   8. ⌛ Time Management
   9. 🧠 Mindset & Attitude
   10. 🏃🏼‍➡️Physical Condition
4. 📙 Personalized Opening Repertoire. We will work to create a coherent repertoire according to your level, style and strengths, focusing on the core understanding of the typical ideas, maneuvers, structures and patterns instead of memorizing long and complex variations.
5. 🏆 Tournament Preparation.  I will give you some general advice on how to approach tournaments, the right mindset and preparation, besides helping you prepare specific games or opponents when needed. 

• 🔀Dynamic and Interactive Classes:  I strive to make our classes engaging and interactive.

• 🌟Simplified Concepts: Chess concepts can be intimidating, sometimes, however, I break them down using everyday analogies and key bullet points that will help you remember these concepts in the long term.

• 🔁 Practice all topics: I believe that every topic you learn in chess, whether is a strategic concept, tactical theme, opening line, endgame technique..., should be practiced with puzzles and games that challenge your understanding and test your ability to apply them in real game situations.
• 📊 Realistic Evaluation:  You’ll get an honest assessment of your game—both your strengths and areas for improvement. Let’s work on those weak spots together!

• 🏠 Homework and Materials: After each class, I will give you some homework and guidelines tailored to your needs. Plus, I’ll provide relevant materials like PDF and PGN files when required.
• 🗒️ Review lessons quickly and effectively: After each class, you will get access to a page with the analysis we did, the main take-aways from the lesson and the topics we covered. This allows you to review our lessons any time and keep all the material we use organized and easy to access