Pavan Upadhyayula
Student · 28 days
🇺🇸
I've worked with several coaches before, but Mark's coaching made the biggest difference. Complex ideas became easy to understand, and my confidence increased.
Before
1349
28 days+254 pts
After
1603
Coaching for 1000–1500 rated players
Give Me 60 Minutes & I'll Show You How To Break Through Your Rating Plateau Faster Than You Thought Possible Without Wasting Weeks Memorizing Endless Opening Lines!
No grinding tactics for hours or memorizing endless opening lines. Just a proven, personalized plan built for adult players who want real results—fast.
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Testimonials
Real students. Real rating jumps.
Adults who were stuck for months… until they weren't. Here's what happened.
Elena Duran
Student · 28 days
🏴
The lessons were clear, practical, and focused on my weaknesses. Mark quickly identified the mistakes that were holding me back and gave me a simple plan to improve.
Before
1462
28 days+144 pts
After
1606
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Chris Siewert
Student · 17 days
🇩🇪
Mark's coaching helped me become more consistent. My opening knowledge improved, my tactical awareness sharpened, and I now feel much more comfortable in difficult positions.
Before
1333
17 days+99 pts
After
1432
Lex Nunez
Student · 21 days
🇺🇸
What I appreciated most was the personalized feedback. Every session felt tailored to my games and goals. I started seeing results much faster than I expected.
Before
1205
21 days+202 pts
After
1407
You're Not Stuck Because You're Bad At Chess... You're Stuck Because You're Focusing On The Wrong Things
If you're rated between 1200 and 1500, you've probably experienced at least one of these:
You spend hours memorizing opening lines, yet somehow end up in a worse position before the middlegame even begins.
You watch YouTube videos, solve puzzles, and play game after game—but your rating barely moves month after month.
You know tactical patterns when you're training, but in real games you still miss simple combinations, hang pieces, or overlook your opponent's threats.
You constantly wonder what you should be working on next, so you jump from openings, to tactics, to endgames, to random videos—without a clear improvement plan.
You have flashes of strong play and occasionally beat higher-rated opponents, but you can't do it consistently enough to climb.
Most players think they need more knowledge. More openings. More tactics. More courses. More videos.
That's usually not the real problem.
The real problem is that your training isn't focused on the specific mistakes that are costing you the most rating points. So you keep putting in effort… without getting the results you know you're capable of.
I've coached dozens of players in the 1200–1500 range. The pattern is almost always the same:
They're not stuck because they lack potential.
They're stuck because they don't have a clear, structured system for improving.
Once you identify the right weaknesses and focus on the highest-impact areas, improvement becomes much faster — and much more predictable.
Meet Your Coach
Hi, I'm Mark Matsaneng. I'm a 2000-rated online player and a chess coach who specializes in helping adult players in the 1200–1500 range break through their rating plateau. Over the past several years, I've coached dozens of students from around the world, and I've seen the same patterns again and again: smart, motivated players stuck not because they lack talent, but because no one ever showed them what to actually focus on.
My coaching is personal, structured, and built around your real games. Together we identify the specific mistakes that are costing you the most points, and we fix them with a clear, step-by-step plan... so you can finally see consistent, measurable progress.
Ready to become BlunderProof?
If you're rated 1200–1500 and serious about breaking through, let's talk. Apply below and I'll personally review your games.