Ron Reznik
Palm Beach County Instructor Ron Reznik was the 1st Place Winner of the Open Chess Championship of Tel-Aviv, Israel, FIDE Level 1400-1600. He has been teaching in schools and private students’ homes in Palm Beach County for 4+ years.
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Cliff Shainbart
Brooklyn Instructor Cliff Shainbart has been playing and teaching chess for over 10 years at Kingsborough Community College and several schools. In addition to having a wealth of knowledge in chess, he understands the importance of the mental health and resilience needed to be a good player, as he has many years of experience as a …
Rati Revia
New York Instructor Rati Revia is the nephew of the strong International Master Giorgi Bakhtadze, the 1992 World Youth Under 12 champion. He has taught chess in several New York schools, including Browning. Rati manages our program at New American Academy; learn more about our program there by listening to Podcast Episode 227 with their Olawa …
Elvis Delahoz
Manhattan Instructor Elvis Delahoz has been playing and teaching chess for many years. He has taught chess, robotics and coding in numerous schools around New York. Elvis’ playing career highlights include tying for 1st place in the 1994 Baruch College Open and winning first place in the Manhattan Chess Club July 1997 U-1400 Open,
National Master Bill Frangos
Staten Island/NJ Instructor National Master Bill Frangos has been teaching school programs and private lessons for many years. He is a retired IT professional and veteran, who enjoys teaching chess and music lessons in Staten Island and New Jersey. Some of his playing highlights, include scoring a phenomenal 5.5/6 in the 1993 Amateur Team East and tying for 3rd …
Ryan Boudreau
Massachussetts South Shore/Providence Instructor Ryan Boudreau is a Class A player, who is ranked within the top 10 players in Rhode Island. He enjoys teaching chess fundamentals, tactics, and positional understanding. In addition to being a chess enthusiast, Ryan has worked in data science and is an American Beatboxing Champion.
Shavanthi Navarathna
Staten Island Instrutor Shavanthi Navarathna has been playing and teaching chess in Sri Lanka, the native country of our 131st Podcast Guest FIDE Master Sunil Weeramantary, for 10+ years and has recently moved to Staten Island, New York. In addition to chess, she has a long career in accounting and human resources management. We are lucky …
Jeremy Smolen
Philadelphia Instructor Jeremy Smolen came to us a referral from his Temple University teammate Jeffrey Kunnell. His team won the “C” Divison of the Collegiate Chess League. Jeremy has taught chess to students aged 5-20+. He runs a program the Bala Cynwyd Library. In addition to chess, Jeremy loves video games, basketball, and yo-yoing.
Julius Hernadi
Philadelphia Instructor Julius Hernadi has a Bachelor of Arts from St Joseph’s University in Biology and Chemistry. He has 20+ years of teaching experience, teaching 8th Grade General science and chess. He is also a licensed insurance broker in Pennsylvania. He ran a Chess Club at the Lansdowne Library on Saturday mornings for 20 years. …
David Green
Long Island Manager David Green has been teaching chess to students of all ages and skill levels for over 10 years. David has an extensive 25+ year legal and business career, in which he has focused on in real estate, debt challenges and business creation. Furthermore, he is the former owner of FasTracKids/JEI Learning Center …