Austin Instructor Chad Ambrose, A.K.A Coach Chad, has been instructing youth classes for the past four years at various elementary schools. His favorite chess piece is the knight because it can be such a game changer when used in the right place and time. He leads all of my students onto a path of constant …
New York Instructor Palmer Menken loves chess and teaching life skills through the game. He teaches school programs throughout New York City. He also serves as an instructor for our close partner Hands on Hoops Skills, founded by Michael Deutsch.
Bronx Instructor In addition to being a chess enthusiastic, Peter Armenia plays poker and the Asian game of Go. He travels all over the world and is an accomplished photographer. He came to us a referral from Nader Goubran and we are grateful to have him on board to teach school programs and private lessons.
New Jersey Instructor Arman Sandhu is a chess enthusiast, who has been teaching for 9 years. He is a studying Accounting and Finance at Rutgers University. Earlier this year, he played board 4 on the Rutger’s team in the 2nd Annual Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup, an event organized by our 132nd Podcast guest Michael Khordarkovksy. …
Downtown and Jersey City Instructor Robert Chen, frequently known as “Master Wu” has been playing and teaching chess in New York for 30+ years. He has known CEO National Master Evan Rabin since Evan was a teenager. Some of his playing highlights include tying for 3rd place in the 2019 Manhattan Classical Chess Championship U-1700 …
New York Instructor Justin Cao started working with us as a 2022 Summer Youth Employment Intern. As he did some amazing work, helping out at our camp, blogging, managing social media and much more, we decieded to hire him as an instructor in the 2022-2023 school year. He is now teaching for us at schools …
Brooklyn Instructor Steve Segarnick is a former New York City Department of Education Special Education Teacher. He has taught math and chess in middle and high schools for over 30 years. He played on the Brooklyn College Chess team in the late 1980s. Since working full-time, he has taught chess in variety of schools and yeshivas. …
Manhattan Instructor Lindsay Kornguth is an alum of the Berkley Chess School, where she learned with National Master Evan Rabin‘s Brandeis classmate Grandmaster Sam Shankland and Hans Niemann, who recently beat World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Her career higlights include a Girls’ California State Champion title, and placing on the US Chess top 60 players nationwide …
Jersey City Instructor Freddy Rodriguez is a product of the 1972 Fischer Spassky World Championship Match chess boom that led mim to complete in Elementary, Middle, and High School scholastic tournaments in New York. He studied with elite FIDE Senior Trainer Grandmaster Boris Gulko. Freddy’s chess career highlights include winning 3rd place in the 2002 …
Philadelphia Instructor Eren Yargici grew up playing chess in clubs and tournament in his native country of Turkey. He now competes in the Temple University team in the Colleagiate Chess League, which is organized by our our 170th Podcast guest Florian Helff. He is also the Temple Unversity Chess Club‘s Vice President. He is an active …
