About me
Hi. I am 50 years old, married, I have three children.
Playing experience
I am a National Master in Finland. My victory against Magnus Carlsen can be found: www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1325116
Teaching experience
I have been teaching chess for over 15 years now as main main job. I teach school children, I have at the moment over 222 students per week at different schoold in Finland, Espoo area.
Other experiences
I did my Master of arts thesis by studing chess players' thinking at 2002.
Teaching methodology
Children learn well by understanding their weaknesses and that is mostly done by analyzing their own chess games. On the other hand, all children must be considered individuals with different ways how to teach them.