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GM Gerald Hertneck

Play the French! Work on your chess intuition.

LocationMunich Germany
LanguagesDeutsch, English (US)
RatingFIDE: 24442661
Hourly rate50 Euro
AvailabilityAccepting students
Active

About me

GM Gerald Hertneck
Age 60
Born and living in the city of Munich, Bavaria
co-founder of the Munich chess academy (2006)
Project manager in real life
current rating 2440
Blitz Rating on lichess: between 2600 and 2650

Playing experience

Grandmaster since 1991
In total I look back to more than 45 years of tournament chess
Best FIDE rating: 2605 in 1994
Former member of the german national team (between 1992 und 1994)
Long term player in german chess bundesliga

Teaching experience

Practical experience in chess training but no certificate as a chess trainer.
In general I give not many training lessons due to lack of time
Selecting candidate moves is very important in chess!

Other experiences

Long term Chess Author, especially in german cultural magazine KARL

Best skills

Openings: French defence and Benko/Wolga Gambit and the Slav defence
I love tactics and working on my chess intuition
Endgame expert

Teaching methodology

Improving chess intuition by analyzing and explaining games.
As long as you don't have a good chess intuition and a sharp tactic view, you won't get far!
I don't like to work on opening theory.