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IM Ruslan Kashtanov

Certified FIDE trainer with over 20 years experience is looking for curious students.

LocationSaint-Petersburg Russia
Languagesрусский язык
RatingFIDE: 237623402514
Hourly rate28$(23 in case of purchase of 10 hours)
AvailabilityAccepting students
Active

About me

I'm 41 years old,professional coach from Saint-Petersburg,Russia.

Playing experience

I'm international master from 2003,winner of many international tournaments: Novaya Ladoga 2000(masters round robin),First Saturday-masters(Budapest 2010),Alushta-masters(several times from 2008),Chepukaitis memorial-2013,2nd prizewinner Panevezis 2015,2017 and many others.
2 memorable games you can see here- www.chesscafe.com/text/misha46.pdf

Teaching experience

I work as a coach since 1998.In 2003-2005 I worked in Singapore, the last 13 years working in the St. Petersburg school of Olympic reserve (Anichkov Palace,former Anichkov palace),which
produced 2 world champions(Spassky and Khalifman),and a lot of famous
grandmasters,like Kortchnoi,Taimanov,Kamsky,Kochiev, Sakaev,Vityugov,Matlakov and many others.Certified FIDE TRAINER(from2004).
Best student results: Darryl Wong -1st place u10 and 3rd place u12 on South-East Asia ch(2003-2004)
Karmanova Olga -1st place European youth u12(Riga 2018),Russia champion u12 2019,Europe champion in rapid 2019(Tallinn)
Chuprova Irina -Russia ch(blitz) u16 2012-winner,Chernyak Viktoriya(GM) Russia ch u16 2013(silver) Numerous winners of St-Petersburg championships in various age groups.

Other experiences

Regular contributor to the magazine "64 chess review"