FM ALBERT CASTILLO DALMAU

♟️FIDE Master

👨‍🏫 Chess Coach

📚 Philosopher

🥋 Martial Arts Practitioner with special fascination on Brasilian Jiu-Jitsu or Gentle Art / Human Chess

🪽 Accumulated competition experience of +1300 official over the board games

🎯 Scored against +100 titled players with +30 different nationalities in rated over the board battles

🪨 Unbeaten Streak of 50 consecutive encounters at slow or standard time control (January-November 2022)

⏳ Earned the Mastery titulation at the young age of 16 years old (2017)

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Age Category Achievements: Four-time standard chess champion of Barcelona (U-10 in 2011, U-16 2017, U-18 2018 2019), twice of Catalonia (U-8 2008, U-16 2017), four-time also in rapid modality (U-8 2009, U-10 2011, U-16 2017, U-20 2019), team champion of Catalonia (U-18 in 2015), and numerous participations in top national and european competitions.

Absolute Regional Achievements: Champion of the I Salou Chess Festival 2017, I Biblioteca de Ciencia y Tecnología UAB 2019, XXIII Tres Peons Open 2022, XXII International Torredembarra Open 2022, Catalan University Champion 2023, X International Sant Martí Open 2023, XXXIX Cerdanyola Open 2024, and XL Lira Open 2024.

I remain active, striving to improve month by month, with my sights set on achieving soon the title of International Master (IM). I reached my personal peak ELO rating this year, placing myself in the top-3000 worldwide (2342, March 2024). In that sense, I would like to express my full availability for opportunities such as IM or GM closed invitationals and European team leagues.

I've been fortunate enough to teach the noble art in schools, universities, federated clubs, and private lessons with people of all kind of interests (sportive, scientific, artistic and social-educational approach).

Here are some satisfied testimonials of my private classes effort: superprof.es

In case you visit or live in Barcelona, I would like to extend an invitation to check out the phenomenal Tres Peons and Vila Olímpica Chess Clubs. I have included their respective webpages below:

www.trespeons.com
escacsvilaolimpica.cat/

Grateful student of my coaches until this moment:

Jorge Ignacio Aguadero
Jordi Amigó (CM)
Adrià Pérez (CM)
David Pons (FM)
Michael Rahal (IM),
Sebastian Iermito (IM)
Josep Oms (GM)
Marc Narciso (GM)
Jordi Magem (GM)
Lluís Comas (GM)
Josep Manuel López (GM)
Àlvar Alonso (GM)
Daniel Alsina (GM)

Here is my international profile with statistical record: ratings.fide.com/profile/32009925/statistics

PASSION / Enthusiastic about sharing the intrinsic beauty of 64 squares, the game of infinity.

ADAPTABILITY / A flexible approach aligned with the needs and circumstances of the students.

DEDICATION / Committed to preparing sessions in a truly personalized manner to foster the enjoyment that accompanies growth in understanding.

TECHNICAL STRENGHTS / Closed solid openings, positional maneuvering understanding and endgame conversion.

INTENDED LEARNERS / My coaching is ideally suited for players rated between 1000 and 2100 who are truly committed.

The specific approach will be determined during the initial sessions based on the student’s interests and the strengths-weaknesses in their thinking process. In turn, progressively set challenges will be established over time to measure their development.

I am also available for training games and in-depth post-game analysis to help improve your skillset. Whether you're looking to test specific openings, enhance your middlegame strategies-tactics, or refine your endgame definition, I can provide valuable insights and personalized feedback.

If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to send an email to AlbertCastilloChessCoach@gmail.com or message me here on Lichess.