Teaching experience
- Davorin has 16 years of chess coaching experience.
- Some of his current/former students are: GM Sankalp Gupta, GM Visakh Narayanan, GM Vignesh Narayanan, IM Kevin Wang, IM Jadranko Plenca, and IM Dante Beukes.
- I worked as a Junior chess coach in Dubai chess and culture club from 2015-2017, where I also received my FIDE Trainer (FT) title in 2016.
- Worked as a coach of Finland men’s and women’s national teams from 2019-2021.
- I have published instructive chess content in collaboration with New in Chess, Chessable, chess.com, Chessbase, Modern chess, thechessworld.com, and Internet Chess Club (ICC).
- Davorin works with students rated 1600 and above
Teaching methodology
- Analyzing student’s games in depth
- Focusing on areas that need improvement
- Improving student’s understanding and analytical skills through joint analysis
- Personalized homework exercises
- Opening databases for student’s opening repertoire
- Suggesting high-quality chess books, online training resources and self-study methods
- Monitoring student’s progress, providing feedback, designing study and tournament plans
