Month: January 2020

Halftime at 1st Annual Premier Chess and Top Level Chess Grand Prix

It is now half-time of our 1st Annual Premier Chess and Top Level Chess Grand Prix!   Our first few five tournaments went by more quickly than we ever could have imagined. Congrats to Mateo Uribe from PS 321 who is currently leading the Grand Prix with a fitting score of 64.  Julian Griffin from Buckley is the …

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ChessMatec by Grandmaster Boris Alterman

After co-directing our 4th tournament of 1st Annual Premier Chess and Top Level Chess Grand Prix  with Women’s International Master Shernaz Kennedy at Grace Church School this past Sunday, I had the privilege of meeting with Grandmaster Boris Alterman and his wife Luba Alterman. We chatted about our education businesses, my tournament experience in Israel, their upcoming meeting with …

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Active Rest

While riding an exercise bike at Atomic Total Fitness, my trainer Mike Murray was training me how to alternative between some intervals where I’d sprint and others where I’d take “active rest”. Naturally as a chess player, I overanalyzed his guidance to determine the rational of the paradox. By slowing down but continuing to pedal, …

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