Born in 1983 in Dimitrovgrad,Bulgaria
GM since 2008
I am GM Krasimir Rusev, professional chess player and trainer.Member of the Bulgarian National Chess Team.Winner of many strong chess tournaments around the world. I graduated from the National Sports Academy in Bulgaria with a Bachelor’s degree in Chess Pedagogy
Attending as a head coach in Veselin Topalov's foundation(Albena 2017)
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FIDE trainer
About me
Playing experience
I have been playing all over the world for more than 15 years.
Winner of many strong international tournaments
National Champion in all possible groups
Winner of many strong international tournaments
National Champion in all possible groups
Teaching experience
I have over 10 years of first-hand coaching experience, producing excellent players including the 2012 European Youth Chess Champion U8, FM Tsvetan Stoyanov, helped to Nurgyul Salimova during the World Chess Championship under-12(Porto Carras/Greece 2015) where she won the GOLD medal, Valentin Mitev-national champion under 14,
the winner of many strong tournaments, IM Plamen Mladenov (2376), and his older brother, NM Ilian Mladenov (2235) among many other distinguished players. In 2015, I worked with the super-GM Ivan Cheparinov-(2688) as his second for the WorldChessCup-Baku
the winner of many strong tournaments, IM Plamen Mladenov (2376), and his older brother, NM Ilian Mladenov (2235) among many other distinguished players. In 2015, I worked with the super-GM Ivan Cheparinov-(2688) as his second for the WorldChessCup-Baku
Teaching methodology
Individual program for each of my students
During a typical lesson we would work on all parts of the chess game (opening, middlegame, endgame, tactics) and also on minimizing student's weaknesses
Homework after the lesson
During a typical lesson we would work on all parts of the chess game (opening, middlegame, endgame, tactics) and also on minimizing student's weaknesses
Homework after the lesson