GM Paweł Teclaf

Dear chess friends!

My name is Paweł Teclaf, I am a Polish GM born in 2003. my chess adventure began around 2007 when my dad introduced me to the game.
Since then chess has been a major part of my life and I'd never choose any other life path :) in my spare time i am keen on watching movies as well as playing video games :) I became a GM in 2023 and now am ready to share my knowledge with other people.

As written above, i have been playing chess for about 16 years. Got my IM title in 2019 and last year became a GM. I Actually I lost the count of the number of times i've been the national youth champion :P
some of my major accomplishments include:
-Bronze Medal of World Chess Championship U-10 (UAE 2013)
-Bronze Medal of World Chess championship U-14 ( Uruguay 2017)
-Winner of Szczawno Zdrój GM tournament in 2018
-Participated in Fide World Cup 2021
-4th place on National chess championship 2021
-Bronze medal of European team chess championship 2021 (Terme Catez 2021)
-Winner of Kiel GM tournament in 2022
-Winner of Ludwik Zamenhof Memorial in 2022
-4th place on European team chess championship 2023( Budva 2023)

I have been giving lessons for about 2 years now. Since then i have helped over a dozen of people. One of my students is 2x national women's champion of her country. Am generally a very patient person so i find it relatively easy to share my knowledge with amateurs as well as pro players:)

Once in awhile i do commentary streams with GM Pakleza on Polish chess federation's Youtube channel.

I'd describe myself as a tactical player who enjoys calculating as much as possible in his games. I firmly believe that a modern chess player needs to be at least decent at calculation. Even though my style is not always very sharp i am pretty versatile in my games and have some experience in most of the structures :) I would also say that typical middlegame play is a strong suit of mine

Before we start our collaboration I'll ask you to send me over a dozen of your recent OTB games. if you do not play OTB, your online games will do. My approach is highly individual and once i track your weaknesses I'll do my best to help you fix them:) If a student has some questions in between our classes I'll be happy to answer them. Lessons are mostly held via Skype or discord but i can adjust to your preference as well.