Dimes Hak Alerli - Chess Instructor

He was born on 02.05.1970 in Borcali, a region of Georgia where Turks live. He started school in Azerbaijan and studied at the History Department of Baku State University in 1987-1993. Azerbaijan Chess Press Champion is a member of the team that won the intercollegiate Olympics.

He has been living in Turkey since 2008. He worked as a consultant on chess education in different institutions in Turkey and contributed to the training of students who entered the Turkish national team pool. There are many students who have graduated in Istanbul. He published articles on educational strategy on the basis of different methods and test systems in Turkey, and the book Chess Level Determination Tests (1100-1399 ELO) and gave conferences. In the last 6 years, on the basis of the PESHKA Education Setup, it has been instrumental in the translation of dozens of Russian-Soviet Chess School courses into Turkish. It has different projects to provide successful training and to create tournament teams with a serious infrastructure system. The author, who is interested in subjects such as mysticism and philosophy, history and psychology, shared his thoughts on the different psychological aspects of chess, which he has been involved in since the age of 6, in the books Chess Psychology 1 and 2. The book “Psychology of Chess -1” came out of print in December 2017 and entered its second edition as soon as February 2018. The book "Chess Psychology-2", which came out of print in December 2018, is the continuation of this concept with new subjects and different dimensions.