A thousand things to learn.
Which one makes you win?
- I find your strengths and weaknesses
- I tell you how to gain rating
- I help you learn and prepare
I learned chess as an egg.
Nobody sat me down and explained it. I watched game after game until it started to make sense on its own.
I tried improving with an engine, but I got lost.
It said −2.1 and went quiet. Correct, and no use to anybody. It never once told me what to practice.
I practice?
Then my dad looked at my games and told me what to study.
He didn't show me the best move. He picked one thing to practice — and I improved faster than ever. Now I do the same for you.
Work on your endgames.
that's all I needed.
I go through your games, deeply.
Every game, wins included. I learn what you're good at, where you lose points, and how you like to play.
Then I tell you exactly what to work on.
A short list, ranked by how much each one is worth to you. Start at the top.
And I keep the rest sharp.
While you learn something new, I keep an eye on what you already know, so nothing slips along the way.
I don't just tell you what to work on.
I read your games, find your strengths and weaknesses, and rank what to work on by how much rating it's worth to you. Then I check that it sticks.
Things people ask me.
I've studied games from players at every level and watched how the ones who improved actually did it: what they fixed first, and what made the biggest difference. Then I read your games, see where you are on that road, and point you to the step that moves you forward fastest.
Game review goes through one game and shows you the best moves. I look across all your games, find what keeps costing you points, and tell you what to work on first, in plain words instead of numbers.
Any level. I learn from your own games, so the advice fits wherever you are, from your first rated games to well past 2000.
Your public games on Chess.com or Lichess. All I need is your username.
Yes. Add the players you might face and I'll show what they play, help you pick and learn your lines, and give you a five-minute recap before the game.
Yes. Your studies and notes belong to your account and nobody else can see them.
Pawnie is invite-only while I'm still learning. If you have an invite, sign up with that email address. If not, sign up anyway and I'll let you in as soon as there's room.
Stop guessing what to work on.
Start improving on purpose.
Send me your games. I'll find what's worth the most to you, help you practice it, and keep track of how it's going.