Jashua, teaching is a completely different story than playing. A good player is not necessarily a good trainer.Joshua Gibbs wrote:I like teaching people things and want to teach chess.
I know people who teach chess who I think are nowhere near good enough to make children or adults sandwiches, let alone teach them chess. These people don't know anything about the game, and the people "learning" will actually suffer from their input.
Having said that some of the better players on here might argue that someone with an ECF grade of 100 (myself) should not be teaching people!
What is everyone elses opinon on this?
My personal opinion is that my online accomplishments make me good enough to teach some elements of chess though there are certain elements I shouldn't teach and that you should beat some good players and be around ECF 150 to teach...
Training is about communicating with the student, being moral, etc.
I am a knowledgeable person, but I haven't had many classes to 'teach'. FM Haghshenas said I am a little bad tempered!