Philadelphia Instructor Jeffrey Kunnel was born and raised in the City of Brotherly Love, which hosts the World Open, one of the most prestigious annual tournaents, highlighted in Podcast Episode 197 with Grandmaster Joel Benjamin and Expert Harold Scott, authors of Winning the World Open. Some of his playing career highliughts include tying for 1st place U-1700 …
Staten Island Instructor Myx Lee learned chess as a child from our 142nd Podcast Guest Senior Master Jerald Times. Her mother Olawa Gibson happens to be the Director of Teaching at our close partner New American Academy and our 227th Podcast Guest. She has been playing chess since she was a child and currently helps …
Central New Jersey Instructor Gianangelo Dichio has been playing chess for many years and is one of the leaders of the Stevens Institute of Technology Chess Club. He has been teaching chess in elementary schools in Central and North New Jersey for over 2 years. When not playing or teaching chess, he is studying math and …
Manhattan/Jersey City Instructor Ben Chai is an accomplished chess coach, who is fluent in English, fluent conversational in Spanish and Japanese and conversational in French, German and Hebrew. One of his top students Charles Pratt gained 600 rating points in a 7-month period! Ben won 1st place at tournaments, including The 53rd Annual Continental Open U-1300 …
Austin Instructor Louis Pratt was born and raised in Rockland County, New York. He is coached by our other incredible Austin Instructor Chad Ambrose. After his first tournament, organized by our 161st Podcast Guest National Master Jesse Lozano, he got a rating of 1398. Louis has a Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry from SUNY …
Orlando Instructor Chantz Delgado learned chess as a child at PS 70, which was featured in the film Knights of the South Bronx. Some of his claims to fame include tying for 5th place in the 2000 Elementary Chess Nationals K-3 U800 section, winning 4th place in the 2000 Greater New York City Scholastics Primary …
Long Island Instructor Benjamin Kolker has been playing in chess tournaments since he was a young child. He first got into the game through our 27th Podcast Guest National Master Elliot Neff’s organization Chess 4 Life in Seattle, Washington. He has played 48 Chess Ratings Northwest games. He has previously taught chess and Judaic studies. …
Manhattan Instructor Ben Davar grew up in Riverdale and was an integral member of the Bronx Science Chess Team. He is a rapidly improving active player himself, having already played five rated tournaments in 2023. His playing career highlights include tying for fifth place in the February 2022 Marshall Chess Club U-1800 tournament. He was …
Long Hill Instructor Mitch Polevoy is a member of Rutgers Chess Club and was referred to us by Arman Sandhu. We are lucky to have him on board to teach school programs and private lessons in Long Hill, New Jersey. At Rutgers, he is studying marketing and music technology. As you can tell from his …
Philadelphia Instructor Roman Nelson teaches some of our school programs and private lessons in and around the Philadelphia area. He has been teaching chess to children of all ages for 5 years now. He was a student of the legendary New Jersey Master Trainer Arkady Geller. When not teaching chess, he is busy as a …
