IM Valentyn Prokofiev

Hello!
I am Valentyn, chess player from Ukraine. I was 5, when I went on my first chess lesson and fell in love with this beautiful game. Now I am 20 years old man and chess is still the main part of my life. Also I am a student and like to travel (already visited 21 countries), so my life is pretty exciting!

I am an International Master and National Master with 1 GM norm.
My current FIDE ratings:
Classic: 2405;
Rapid: 2428;
Blitz: 2457.
My peak FIDE rating was 2464.
My best results:
1st place - European Blitz Chess Championship U16, Thessaloniki 2022;
1st place - Ukrainian Classic Chess Championship U18, Ivano-Frankivsk 2023;
1st place - Portuguese rapid team chess championship, Marinha Grande 2025;
1st place - International tournament "21st Lichtenberger Sommer", Berlin 2025;
1st place - International tournament "2nd Buturin Memorial", Lviv 2022;
1st place - International tournament "Memory Nebesna Sotnya", Horodok 2022;
1st place - International tournament "22th Chess Festival" (Team Blitz), Nancy 2024
1st place - International tournament "7th Bohumin Open", Bohumin 2024...
And in general:
- I am 17-time medalist of the Ukrainian Championships (including youth and adult championships);
- I am a winner and prizer of many All-Ukrainian and International tournaments;
- The strongest opponent I have defeated - GM Anton Korobov in blitz;
- I have 85+ cups and more than 250 medals.

I have decent coaching experience (more than 4 years) and therefore I know how to choose the right approach for everyone. My students are winners of national and continental championships (In total under my wing they have 20 medals) and other important tournaments.
I also have students, who became National or/and FIDE Masters.

My best skill always was openings. I can find the best choice for you and your playing style, including your experience and preferations. Also on the lessons I'm putting a lot of value to strategic and calculation skills, to be sure that the studying process is going well from every side of chess. And if you have some topics, which you'd like to study - we'll do this without any hesitations.
Preparation during the tournaments is also my great skill. I can easily find the weak sides of your opponent, his weak openings and how is better to outplay him.
And for the last, chess is a sport and psychology is really important here. I can help you to get confidence in chess, provide you a mentoring during tournaments and etc.

My step-by-step coaching method allows you to understand chess rationally, which can really help you organize your chess knowledge, because the whole learning process is very consistent. I work in ChessBase 16, but if you want - I also can work on Lichess.