CM David Balogh

I am David Balogh from Kisujszallas, Hungary, born in 1993. I learned how to play chess at the age of 9 and since then I am a fanatic chess player. Due to the lack of my own family's interest and the lack of professional guidance it took me unnecessarily long to make progress. Still, my passionate spirit kept me going forward, and by the age of 15 I got my first Fide Master scalp over the board. My play at that time was not based on clear basics. Soon after struggling I realized that I did not understand why to do this and that. I lost some games without knowing the reason and was unable to find my own mistakes. I felt really disgusted by my own play so this painful experience led me to hire a coach. I learnt the basics, new ideas! In 2012 I won the V. Puspokladany Open. In mid 2017 I entered into the group of 2200s and I officially become a FIDE Candidate Master after competing in Budapest Spring Festival. My best result comes from the 7th Tittel Pal Memorial in 2018 July, where I finished 1st place with the rating performance: 2394! I am hard on myself and this helps me to make progress. My next goal is to become Fide Master. Fide card: ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=721883

-Winner of the 5th Puspokladany Open (2012) - An early big achievement!
-Winner of the 7th Tittel Pal Memorial (2018) - Rating performance: 2394
-Current highest rated opponent defeated in a classical OTB game: 2429

Several years of experience in coaching! Pupils have all improved their performance with me! Trend continues!

I am an active player with huge experience behind. As a coach, I use these to guide you through the struggle - what works for me will definitely work for you too! I prefer unusal and original ideas which are based on sound positional grounds, so I give not only unique, but also correct insights! I'm not a fan of peaceful draws, so I show you how to play on! My lessons are not only useful, but definitely fun!

As long as you love playing chess and you really want to be better at it, then no matter who you are, how old you are and what level you currently are: we will achieve your goals together! As a coach, I want to share my experience with you and to help those of you who have the same issue like me struggling to get better at chess. I can help mainly players from beginner to U2200 FIDE rating level. Just a brief list of what I can offer you:

-Basic understanding of chess (rules, exceptions)
-Unique training plan according to your character
-Creating your own opening repertoire
-Deep game analysis
-Training games with me