“And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills Well, the landslide will bring it down Oh, the landslide will bring it down” -“Landslide” Fleetwood Mac On the whole, 2019 was a great year for Premier Chess and we look forward to seeing what 2020 begins. As I am in Boston for New …
As we were approaching the beginning of 2020, we have completed 3 out 10 of our Premier Chess and Top Level Chess Grand Prix tournaments. You can see the results so far here. This is scoring system for Grand Prix: 1st Place Trophy- 3 points 2nd Place Trophy- 2 points 3rd Place Trophy- 1 point …
Last year before Gillie Shanowitz, Director of New York Hebrew, hired us to run our first Shabbat Class ( our next one is coming up on Jan 18, 2020), she was impressed about how many Chabad Shluchim (emissaries of the Lubavitcher Rebbe) I knew well. Over the years, several Chabad Rabbis, including Peretz Chein of Chabad …
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” –John F. Kennedy I am forever grateful for the instructors, clients, networking partners and friends who showed up at our Second Annual Premier Chess Holiday Party at Accupuncturist Dr. Anna Folckomer ’s …
Gratitude for our 2019 Premier Chess Award Winners Read More »
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin Premier Chess currently teaches critical thinking skills, pattern recognition, healthy competition and more through curriculum classes to students in pre-school through high school,in schools including Summit School and PS 14. “Chess helps with getting kids used to patience and stamina” –Sheila Agalia, Principal of St. Peter’s School in Yonkers. …
I grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I rarely crossed the Hudson River to Jersey City until recent years. However, when I started Premier Chess 2.5 years ago, I realized many of the schools in Jersey City have never been reached out to regarding the idea of setting up chess programs. Soon after, …
Mike, Evan and Michael met and became business partners. Premier Chess has linked up with many different people and Mike found his way onto our pathway around a year ago, just about right after he decided to switch from teaching guitar to make Guitar Guide Guru a full-time gig. On the other hand Michael has …
Upper West Side Activities With Guitar Guide Guru And Hands On Hoops Read More »
How do we know what communities are for, or just how to define one? I see this a lot in and around school classes : “What is a community?”. In fact as a teacher, I’ve gotten used to hear out plenty of different figurative speeches from various program directors, or just school principals, indicating that …
Let’s say that there is someone who’d be rated around 2000, and who’d want to improve at chess and so to feel a certain increase, in any way, shape or form, in his or her own chess rating. It’s probably normal to feel as somebody whose rating is probably not quite right, or high enough. …
