
Fatih Güzel
Founder of Chess Reboot
Software engineer, project manager, and lifelong chess player. I built Chess Reboot because I believe the best way to improve at chess is by playing through real games — not memorizing isolated positions.
Why I Built Chess Reboot
For years, I tried to improve my chess through various websites, videos, and courses. Despite all the effort, I couldn't reach the level I wanted. The interactive courses that existed usually offered only one correct move per position — but real chess isn't like that. Sometimes there's one best move, sometimes two or three are equally strong.
I also realized that studying openings, middlegames, and endgames separately didn't make sense. In a real game, all three phases flow into each other — they're one continuous story. You need to see how an opening idea transforms into a middlegame plan and eventually decides the endgame.
These ideas led me to create Chess Reboot: an interactive platform where you play through complete grandmaster games, face positions with multiple candidate moves, and learn why each move works — not just which one is “correct.”
And it works. After I started training with this method, I played in two European tournaments in 2025 and scored 2000+ Elo performance in both — raising my FIDE rating from 1915 to 1957 in just those two events. Verify on FIDE
Background
Chess
- •FIDE rated player — Elo 1957
- •Active in Chess Clubs since university (2000)
- •Participated in European tournaments
- •Creator of “Hamle Senin” YouTube channel (~30K subscribers, ~4M views)
Engineering
- •MSc in Information Technology — TU Berlin
- •BSc in Industrial Engineering — Uludağ University (Honor Student)
- •Deputy General Manager @ VEGA Networks
- •Former Senior Researcher @ TUBITAK (Cyber Security)
- •PMP Certified Project Manager
Hamle Senin — Chess Videos
My Turkish chess channel with nearly 30,000 subscribers and close to 4 million total views. One video alone has been watched more than 400,000 times. I challenged random people across different European countries to chess — free to play, €30 if they win.
Get in Touch
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