By CEO National Master Evan Rabin Shabbat Shalom, LPJC Community. May this sermon raise the levaya of Chaim Schneur Zalman Yehuda Ben Aaron Leib and help the refuah shleima of my dear cousin Tzofit Ben Reviva. The parsha begin with the word “Bo”, meaning to come. Hashem instructors Moses to come with Pharoah, not to …
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin Compared to most chess masters, I have read a minute amount of chess books cover to cover, likely under five. I made master mostly because I played 950+ rated tournaments and went over all of my games with some help of my coaches. With that said, there were certainly …
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin When National Master Jesse Lozano, National Master Bob Holliman, Shelby Lohrman and I won “Best Team Name” at the United States Amateur Team East last February with “Caruanavirus”, I had no idea the virus would have a major effect on my life. Two weeks later I did my last …
By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin I was born and raised on the Upper West Side as a reform Ashkenazi Jew. I had my bar mitzvah at Stephen Wise Synagogue and went to Churchill and Dwight. In 2008, thanks to some inspiration from Alanna Katz, I went on an Oranim Taglit trip. …
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin Our 3-day first week of virtual camp flew by. Here are some numbers of camp so far: -76+ registrations -7 instructors -8-1 student-teacher ratio This past week we had a whopping 40 kids in the mornings, split into 5 groups, taught by National Expert Brian Wilmeth, Director of Virtual …
By Wendy Oliveras, MS, Creative Founder & CEO at SHESS Global Alliance, LLC I am fascinated and excited by the remarkable success of the NETFLIX series “The Queen’s Gambit,” which focuses on a young female orphan who plays the game of chess at genius levels.\ I’m particularly gratified that the positive reaction to the show has resulted …
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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 …
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 …
By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin My business coach Richard Pierce inspired me to think about my 3-5 whys that drive me to succeed in business and life. If there’s one thing I have learned about goalsetting over the years, its that one of the best ways to be to achieve one’s goals …
