By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has single-handedly made chess a main-stream activity through his Twitch stream. While Twitch is primarily used by video gamers, due to COVID-19 and cabin fever, many chess players have started streaming. Several months ago our Jersey City School Programs manager National Expert Sean Finn …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern As Magnus Carlsen tours the world from his computer the rest of the world watches on. So far, three of the five tournaments have been completed and Carlsen just brought home his second win. The tour began with the Invitational where Carlsen placed in first. During the second part of …
Hello everyone, I am Benji Grin. I am a new intern for Premier Chess and am looking forward to writing on this blog in the future. I first got into chess because of my father. He introduced the complex game to me at a young age. His father was an exceptional chess player and even …
My name is Eliana Bane. I am a rising junior at The Frisch School in Paramus, New Jersey. I am an active member on my school’s Model UN team, girls basketball team, and am the junior captain of the Robotics Team. In all the activities and extracurriculars I participate in, I enjoy challenging myself. I …
by Premer Chess CEO Evan Rabin Time flies; it feels like just yesterday I was planning our virtual camp back in May. However, we are now past the 1/2 way point of week 4. After this Friday, we will have 7 weeks to go, until August 28. We have now had over 100 registrations and …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern Chess is one of the most popular games in the world. What’s so different about this game is that it is played in every country with the same rules. It’s similar to music as musical notes are the same in every language so is chess. All one needs is a …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern This summer Premier Chess has an online chess camp for kids. Every day the campers open up their computers and are able to connect with each other online through Zoom. Throughout the day the kids play chess games against each other and also learn the strategy of the game from …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern Robert James Fischer was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1943. Fischer’s mother, Regina, was homeless at the time when she gave birth to her son. She raised two children as a single mother. Fischer started learning chess when he was only six years old. Unfortunately no one in …
By Melissa Subban The world is changing at an exponential rate, artificial intelligence is replacing many tasks. Staying motivated and keeping a positive workforce in these times is a challenge most leaders face. I find that companies are increasingly trying to keep up with having the most skilled workforce. I sometimes feel like a ‘muggle’ …
By Beth Rowan, Founder of Evergreen Ally To succeed in chess, you must decide up front whose game you want to play – yours or your opponent’s? If you don’t open strong and set up your play early, you may be relegated to merely defending your pieces from being taken. The concept is the same …
