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Hi! My name is Tor Fredrik Kaasen. I am 21 years old. Living in Oslo, Norway. Working as a chess coach for 4+ years. National coach of Norways Women team during the Chess Olympiad 2022 in India. I love playing chess and I am very competitive. I also love to share my knowledge with my students, and to see them make progress due to my work.
Contact me here on Lichess or my mail " t.kaasen@hotmail.com" to get in touch!

Started playing at the age of 9. I reached 2400+ at the age of 14, and after that I started working more seriously. I became the 3rd youngest IM in Norway ever (15)
Bronze medalist in European Youth u18 championship (2019) 4th place in World Youth u16 Championsip (2018)
I have won the Norwegian Blitz, rapid and Bullet championship.
Many good places in open tournaments. 3th place in Chigorin Memorial, Shared winner in Oslo chess festival, 3 place in Norwegian Elite championship where I scored my first GM norm, and shared 3rd place in Fagernes Chess where I scored my second GM norm.
Went from 1500 FIDE to 2475 in 2years- so I know a few things about rapid improvement!

Been coaching young Norwegian talents last 3 years. One of them went from 1870 to 2188 after half a year working with me. I also made a player go from 1200 Fide to 1950 in one and half year. Have been giving many group lessons for the club "Dragulf" in Norway, where there are many talented youngsters.
Because of this work I was chosen as the National coach of Norway during the Chess Olympiad in India in 2022, where I helped with the opening preperation and strategy for the matches.

I have made a course for Chessable called "Neutralize the Catalan"
In addition a course for "Thechessworld" a complete 1.e4 repertoire.
Some streams and Banter blitz for chess24
Played Fotball from age 7 until 17, so quite decent player also. Probably my second passion after chess.

Strong in calculations and dynamics. Universal player, ready to play all types of positions. Very updated on the lastest opening theory, so I can surely help you in that field. Have been working with many GM coaches in my life, so i am familiar with different teaching methods. I am always following my students very closely, watching their games and making suggestions what to do better/ to improve the way to think.

I always start with watching my students latest games. After looking through them I will have a good idea about what is good and what could be improved upon. I believe the basics needs to be learnt very well. So I will go through this very carefully until I am sure the students understand it well. By showing good examples, we will go through the most important middlegame positions, which is essential to reach higher level in chess. I think for the younger players, the endgame should be paid special attention too, the basic endgames and to work on the technique is something I always teach. After this we start on more advanced strategy/concrete theory. I am also a huge believer in looking through the old classics. Bobby Fischer is my favorite player, so it is a must to know many of his games when working with me :)

I always give my student challenging and instructive examples during lessons, and homework after the lesson. I believe I can really help to direct you and put you on the right path in your chess, but in order to achieve great results the student needs also to work hard in between the lessons. I will suggest the books I believe would fit the student best in order to help the student reach their goals.
Contact me if it sounds interesting!