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Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:52 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
Hello.
I am going to USA and gonna settle in Pleasanton, CA. I have a training certificate for the Iranian chess federation and have won many awards in Iran. Can I give chess lessons in the US? Seems that there is no chess coach in Peasanton, CA
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:14 pm
by Roger de Coverly
soheil_hooshdaran wrote: Can I give chess lessons in the US?
Presumably that depends on the terms of your visa and whether you can find any potential students. I don't believe the USCF has much, if any, say over who is or is not a chess coach or trainer.
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:23 pm
by John Upham
These matters were discussed in detail at the recent and excellent London Chess Conference. Two days of high quality speakers from each continent. The training of chess teachers and coaches plus accredited certification schemes were debated. Kevin O'Connell grabbed my attention especially.
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 2:41 pm
by J T Melsom
John - were there really 'quality speakers from each continent'? Was Antarctica represented by a well known penguin?
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 2:48 pm
by John Upham
If you didn't attend then you may never know.
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:21 am
by soheil_hooshdaran
If only John would share some stories
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:47 pm
by Clive Blackburn
soheil_hooshdaran wrote: Can I give chess lessons in the US?
Not if Donald Trump has anything to do with it!
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:05 am
by soheil_hooshdaran
Yes, and pitifully he seems to have a descend chance.............
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:32 pm
by John McKenna
If Trump ever had a decent chance it is certainly descending due to his recent declamations.
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:49 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
No, because of his better personality than Hillary Clinton.
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:11 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Rather depends on how you define "better", really......
Re: Am I elligible to coach?
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:33 pm
by Brian Towers
Matt Mackenzie wrote:Rather depends on how you define "better", really......
Well, he certainly has more personality than Hilary. Better or worse is another matter.
In any case just as in Tarrasch's "Before the endgame the gods have placed the middle game" so in US politics before the presidential elections there are the Democratic and Republican conventions. Hilary must be favourite for the Democratic nomination but I can't see the Republicans nominating Trump.