Categories: Our Team

Grandmaster Mark Paragua

Queens Instructor  Mark Callano Paragua (born March 29, 1984) is a Filipino chess grandmaster. He was born to Flordeliza Callano and Ricardo Paragua, the latter of whom is also his coach. The father and son travel around the world to participate in international tournaments. At the 1998 Disney World Rapid Chess Championship for Kids, held …

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Phil Rosenberg

Programs Director: Brooklyn Phil Rosenberg is a stalwart in the New York City Chess scene, who has taught for his own company Zen Chess, Chess NYC, Tri-State Chess and Little Red Rocket for 20+ years. When

Ben Zeltser

Operations Assistant Ben Zeltser helps us out with proposal writing, business development, instructor scheduling, newsletters, social media and other tasks. He is a senior at Brandeis University, CEO Evan Rabin’s Alma

National Master Evan Rabin

CEO National Master Evan Rabin started playing chess at a young age of 7 as a member of the Churchill Chess Team. He later studied with World Chess Champion Candidate, GM Leonid Yudasin. Evan made master in 2010. He won the 2007 United States Amateur East, tied for first at the 2011 World Open U2200 …

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