NM Eamon Montgomery

I'm a 27 year old living in Denver, Colorado. After learning the game as a kid, I played my first rated tournament at 16. A fun fact is that I went from 1500 USCF to 2000 in under a year. I finally achieved my lifetime goal of National Master in 2024.

scheduling: eamonmontgomery.as.me/schedule.php
email: eamon.montgomery@gmail.com

Colorado State Champion (2024, 2025)

I've been playing US chess tournaments for the past 11 years. I've also played rated tournaments in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Recently I won the Colorado Closed Championship and the Colorado Open.

I'm currently a coach with Chessmates. I have two years coaching experience, both scholastic players and adults. I've coached many students in the 800-1400 range, and have good understanding of how to move up through those rating levels.

The first lesson will usually be an analysis of your games. From there we'll:
-Identify strengths and weaknesses
-Develop a structured plan for improvement
-Recommend the best books/courses/training methods

Lessons will include a range of instructional material including:

-Continued analysis of your games
-Developing a mental checklist for practical games (checks/captures/threats)
-Opening lessons with examples from historical games (with an emphasis on how theory evolved throughout history)
-Positional exercises (understanding how to find a plan)
-Tactics and endgame studies to improve calculation
-Study of grandmaster games to highlight examples of specific themes
-Training games with me, starting from a specific position from your games. This way you can improve on your own play.

Online lessons are conducted over Zoom and Lichess Studies.