"EZoto" wrote in message
news:f93ca5b9dc40a9455ade5ac11f7f8fde@TeraNews...

Simple economics. GM's charge what they feel they are worth and the
knowledge they can offer. Unfortunately you have a lot of quacks who
are good players but not good teachers. It is rare to find a truly
good chess teacher and he doesn't even have to be a GM. Quite
honestly unless the GM isn't competing anymore I wouldn't waste my
time on a GM as a teacher. You can learn some things but GM's don't
have the time to spend to nurture a student. GM's are more for the
simuls and appearances.

EZoto

I'm just about certain one could learn more in an hour's lesson from a
non-competing GM like Bill Lombardy than from ten hours with the average
non-quack teacher. Some GMs, of course, are more equal than others.
--
Ian Burton
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