FM Andre Mendez Machado

Hi I'm an 18 year old Fide Master from Panama living in Alicante(Spain)
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+507 60 47 74 52

I have been playing chess for around 10 years, I became the first Fide Master in the history of my country at the age of 15, I played the 2024 FIDE CHESS OLYMPAD IN BUDAPEST in the 3rd board.
Also I'm the currently the Panamenian Junior Chess Champion. and the #3 ranked player of Panama.

I have around 1 year of experience teaching lessons to students around the world

I made a course on chesskool about pattern recognition in chess.

My best skill in chess is my positional understanding; I understand positions from a deeper and more technical point of view, and in general, I play very solid chess.

Another one of my skills is theoretical preparation. I have a very good modern approach and I get very interesting positions to fight for a win in the opening.

And finally, creativity. I consider myself a creative player who always tries to look for alternative paths and other kinds of options to propose in the game.

My teaching methodology is based on analyzing past games to understand your thought process and from there get to the foundation of your chess to determine where mistakes are being made and what can be improved. Many times, when you're stuck at a certain level, it's necessary to go back to the technical basics, which are probably flawed, and from there restore those concepts.