A seasoned Grandmaster with a passion for the game and over 10 years of coaching experience.

I am ~2200 rating online, and took lessons every two weeks with Vasif from March 2024 to July 2025. He's very friendly, and I appreciated he was flexible with meeting timing and frequency.

He prepared lesson content ahead of time, but he was also happy to dive into another topic if I was interested. For example, I asked a few times for help with certain openings/lines, and after OTB games he was happy to help me analyze. We also did a full review of my opening repertoire and made some improvements.

I liked the lessons he prepared since they were usually the right difficulty for my level, and I even won a few games by playing specific ideas from our lessons. He also recommended me a great book which helped my endgames.

Lastly, I am busy and sometimes do not play enough games. Vasif was supportive and kept encouraging me to play more games, which I really appreciated. I would definitely recommend him as a coach.

Wow. Vasif is the best coach knows what to teach, how to build up chess mental strength. My son grew very quick only after taking classes from Vasif. I used to interact with Vasif about the ups and downs about my son. Vasuf gladly accepted my comnents and help my son accordingly. I recommend Vasif to every chess player