I'm Nazmi Can Dogan, 32 years old chess player and coach from Turkey.
I am a full time chess coach, so i dedicated all my time to my pupils.
About me
Playing experience
I've been playing chess since i was 6 and coaching for 10 years. I have the ELO of 2290 and 1 International Master norm.
Teaching experience
I am the holder of the FIDE Instructor certificate since 2011 and I've been teaching for more than 10 years, and i've many successful pupils from various ages.
I've a YouTube channel mostly in Turkish:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCwsdTtR9Lwl1TpoY2vPgjNw
I've a YouTube channel mostly in Turkish:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCwsdTtR9Lwl1TpoY2vPgjNw
Teaching methodology
Every coach has their own way but my main method is to
-Create a full opening repertoire for the student.
-Try to find the weaknesses on student's play and improve on them.
-Study every stages of the game: middlegame, endgame, calculation, openings...
-I give homeworks, because without them it's impossible to improve.
-Though classics are important and i use them, I follow all the recent tournaments and selecting my examples from them, so i've more than classics.
-Create a full opening repertoire for the student.
-Try to find the weaknesses on student's play and improve on them.
-Study every stages of the game: middlegame, endgame, calculation, openings...
-I give homeworks, because without them it's impossible to improve.
-Though classics are important and i use them, I follow all the recent tournaments and selecting my examples from them, so i've more than classics.
Latest blog posts

Reykjavik Open 2024 - Exercises (Part 3)
We continue our review of the 2024 Reykjavík Open tournament with the part 3.
Reykjavik Open 2024 (Part 2) - Positional and Tactical Exercises
We touched upon the short story of the winner of the tournament in part 1. In the second part we con…
Reykjavik Open 2024 - What can we learn from it? (part 1)
Every tournament might contain your best chess book! If we would like to improve our game, tournamen…