Evan Rabin, Author at Premier Chess

14 Virtual Winter Classes for All Ages Skill Levels, Unrated-Master, Starting January 4

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–Classes will be taught by Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin, Grandmaster Mark Paragua, our Director of Virtual Programs Expert Brian Wilmeth and other experienced instructors. -All Classes will be held on Zoom and feature and incorporate live lectures, practice games and puzzles. –We have 9 youth options, 4 adult options and 1 senior option …

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Foresight in Chess and Financial Planning

48 Comments / Chess Growth / By Evan Rabin

By Audrey Schwartz I am the first to admit that I am chess failure. My brother tried to teach me when I was a teen but after he repeatedly beat me in three moves, I decided to hang up my knight and play solitaire. Looking back, I can see that I was either unable or …

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Our Streamer Network

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By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin The above screenshot is from a late-night Lichess.org simul stream that I did last night. Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura single handedly brought chess on the Twitch map with his stream; he frequently has 10,000+ concurrent viewers. Since then, I have been inspired to stream more and more, where …

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Corporate Workshops: Virtual and In-Person

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What The Queen’s Gambit Can Teach Us About Preparing For the Future.

77 Comments / Chess Tour / By Evan Rabin

By New York Life Everybody’s talking about the personality traits of Beth Harmon, the lead character in the latest Netflix blockbuster The Queen’s Gambit. But her strategic approach also offers plenty of lessons for financial strategies and achieving your life goals. As the number-one ranked Netflix series at the end of October, The Queen’s Gambit …

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Gratitude for Coaches: Part 2

22 Comments / Chess Pedagogy / By Evan Rabin

By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin Last week I wrote about the chess coaches that helped me make master and allow Premier Chess to be a company. On December, 6, 2020, Grandmaster Max Illingworth, asked “Which non-chess skills are the most important for playing your best chess?” in the Lichess.org Facebook group. To …

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Ideas for Hannuakah

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By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin Hannukah will begin sooner than most people realize on the evening of Thursday, December 10! Did Queen’s Gambit get you into chess as it did for 62 million households ? Read my review, if you have not already. Here are some ideas for gifts: 1) Buy a …

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We Would Love to Donate Chess Lessons to Your Cause!

47 Comments / Chess Tour / By Evan Rabin

By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin Who is planning a fundraiser for their shul, school or other type of non-profit? Email evan@premierchess.com if you would like a virtual group lesson for up to 10 children or adults as silent auction/raffle item. We can also donate a 1-hour lesson as a virtual fundraiser. …

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How to Log into a Lichess.org Tournament

47 Comments / Chess Pedagogy / By Evan Rabin

By National Expert Brian Wilmeth, Director of Virtual Programs and Programmer In a lot of our virtual classes on Zoom, students have struggled to join Lichess touraments. Here are step-by-step instructions students and parents can use: See video instructions here. After your teacher sets up a tournament move your mouse to the bottom of the …

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Gratitude for My Chess Coaches

23 Comments / Chess Growth / By Evan Rabin

By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin I would never have gotten to where I am today and Premier Chess would have never existed if it weren’t for my coaches over the years. A expressed in my recent My Five Whys post, I am constantly growing in chess, business, Judaism and other areas of …

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