By Cinthia, Summer Youth Intern Hello everyone, and goodbye! I am here to wish good health and prosperity on you all as this will be my last day working for Premier Chess. Overall, the networking experience as well as social training has helped me prepare for the mental turmoil of college. Gaining information of how …
By Mike Deutsch, Founder of Hands on Hoops Skills 1)Competition 2)Anticipation 3)Resilience from adversity 4)Critical Thinking/Quick Analysis 5)Discipline 6)Build Muscle Memory Through Practice 7)Physical Fitness 8) Peak Mental Condition 9) Poise in Dealing with Pressure 10) Knowledge of When to Play Good Defense. Develop these skills in both chess and sports at our Chess and …
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By Aden Ho, Summer Youth Intern The Implications of Chess in Business The market size, measured by revenue, of the Business Coaching industry is $11.6bn in 2021. Billions of dollars spent on coaching, much of which can be learned via an ancient game involving plastic pieces and monochromatic squares. Playing chess is running a business …
By Evan Rabin, CEO of Premier Chess In May, I kicked of a Premier Chess Program at a middle school at an impoverished neighborhood in Brownsville, NY by asking “Why Play Chess.” I got some typical answers, including “It’s Fun.”, “It helps you think” and “Competition is fun.” They were shocked how I explained the …
By Cinthia McDonald, Summer Youth Intern Let us see how fast your brain can work and try out these chess-based brain teasers… (The answers will be at the bottom of the page) Easy: Two individuals are playing chess, and they both play five games. In the end they leave with three wins without any …
By Rachel S. Kovacs, Professor, Arts Reviewer, Author, and Presenter at City University of New York Have no illusions. I know next to nothing about chess. I’ve occasionally watched a game, and relished how calmly its players, oblivious to other stimuli around them, contemplate their moves and graciously accept their faux pas. Recently, my know-nothingness …
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Hello, my name is Isabel! I work at Premier Chess and am a camp counselor and intern for the summer. I am from Brooklyn and am going to Adelphi University this fall. I am planning on taking up nursing to later become a nurse anesthetist. Going into the medical field and specifically the nursing …
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By Cinthia Mcdonald, Summer Youth Employment Intern Recently our CEO and National Chess Master Evan Rabin was able to participate in publishing a series of videos in which he explains the foundations and essentials of multiple chess openings and strategies as well as how each party can contribute and benefit from them. These videos are …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club Here is a sampling of famous people who played or influenced chess: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – The American founding father and Renaissance man was also an avid chess player. He is the first American known to have written a book on chess. “Morals on Chess” was published posthumously …
By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin There are many great opening, middle game and endgame books out there; see some of my favorite ones here. However, not many books cover practical elements of the game, related to mindset, game preparation, psychology, etc. Here are ten principles that you likely would not find in …
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