Premier Chess: Conquer the Game; Master Your Life

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 59, I converse with National Expert John Hendrick, who has offered chess classes and tournaments in Houston and Katy for the last twelve years. Mr. Hendrick graduated cum laude in 2005 with a B.S. in Pscyhology and a B.A. in Anthropology. His passion for chess began when he was in middle school. He went on to be the 1996 Texas State Scholastic Champion in his sophomore...

Send us Fan Mail In Epsiode 58, I converse with Eric Cohen, Managing Director at Benefit Quest. Eric has specialized in Insurance, Benefits, and Financial Services since 1988. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Yeshiva University in 1987 and his Certificate in Financial Planning from New York University in 1992. In January 2007 he developed the Business & Personal Financial Optimizer...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 57, I converse with Bruce Davis, the President of the Lehigh Valley Chess Association. Bruce Davis currently teaches hundreds of students in the Allentown area. We first met when I played a tournament his club back in 2009. We talk about the relationship of chess and his former profession of engineering, ways to empower more girls to play chess, correspondence chess and...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 56, I have the honor of interviewing my good friend and colleague National Expert Felix Lopez, the owner of Exclam Chess, which runs school programs and private lessons in Westchester. We discuss his chess background, correspondence chess, the art of streaming on Twitch, ways to improve at the game and more.

Send us Fan Mail In milestone episode 55, we have a twist- rather than interviewing someone else, Michael Deutsch, the owner of Hands on Hoops Skills, asks me questions regarding our business, virtual learning, inspiration and more.

Send us Fan Mail In episode 54, I converse with Teamika Jeffrey, the owner of My Dream Staffing Agency and the author of "Fountain of Happiness: Open Your Arms and Embrace Your Joy".We chat about the importance of teaching business and career advice to children starting at a young age, the correlations between recruiting and chess, her new book and more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 53, I converse with Linda Diaz, a long-term chess friend, who currently is an up and coming singer, based in Brooklyn. She has her BA in Comparative American Studies, Africana Studies, Gender Sexuality and Feminist Studies from Oberlin College. She know is a full-time musician, performing around New York and producing albums. We converse about her 13-year chess career,...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 52, I converse with Richard, Kistnen, Esq, who is a bankruptcy and eviction attorney. We talk about the bankruptcy progress, correlations between law and chess, the importance of unleashing your creativity, and more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 51, I interview with Gary Ireland, an employment attorney in Manhattan. Gary Ireland is an experienced litigator who solves problems for clients through alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and negotiation, as well as through traditional litigation. Gary represents clients in employment, real estate, contract and environmental disputes, and many other areas...

Send us Fan Mail In our milestone 50th episode, I converse with Esther Deutsch, Operations Manager at RCS Professional Services. Before joining RCS 6 years ago, Esther acted as a social worker. She has a BA in Business from Bellevue University and as Masters in Social Work from Fordham University. In addition to doing Operations at RCS, she does a lot of charity work and hosts networking events. W...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 49, I have the privelege of conersing with Rachel Glazer, the founder of Rachel G Events, who I first met in 2017 when she referred On the Spot Photo Magnets' professional photography and instant photo magnets service to the JCRC Boston gala. While most of my focus these days is working chess business, I do still remain sales manager for On the Spot Photo Magnets....

Send us Fan Mail In our 48th Episode, I had the pleasure of conversing with Leona Krasner, the owner of Krasner Law PLLC and Krasner Review. Leona is a dear friend and colleague who is one of my accountability partners. Whether she is working with couples getting divorced, students looking to get into college or graduate school or her colleagues like myself, she always trys her hardest to lend a h...

Send us Fan Mail In 47th Episode, I had the sincere honor and pleasure of conversing with Dewain Barber, the "Dean of Scholastic Chess". Having played chess for over 50 years, Dean has been an integral part of the US Chess Scholastic scene, having donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships at national events and . He is the founder of American Chess Equipment, which he sold...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 46, I converse with Timothy Madden, CPIA, an independent insurance broker for Honig Conte Porrino Insurance Agency, Inc. We discuss the importance of having a growth mindset, collaboration vs competition, the need for constant evaluation of position, the correlation of chess and insurance, and much more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 45, I converse with Zev Gotkin, an entrepeneur and founder of Zev Media, a digital marketing agency that focuses on content marketing, social media management, influencer marketing, etc. We discuss the importance of following one's passion, ideas for networking, the correlations of chess and digital media and much more.

Send us Fan Mail In 44th episode, I converse with Keith Greer, an executive coach who, challenges all to explore their culture, relationships and the quality of their communication through the lens of Conversational Intelligence. He works with educational institutions, busineses and individuals. We discuss the definition of Conversational Intelligence, ways for coaches, teachers and managers to ga...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 43, I converse with National Master Kola Adeyemi, who’s been a great friend and colleague ever since I met him in Washington Square Park back in 2006. Since then we’ve spent countless hours playing speed chess against one another, traveling to the North American Open in Las Vegas in December 2010, teaching together with Make a Difference in Tanzania in July 2018 and muc...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 42, I converse with Bradford Fyffe, the owner of Five Star Painting Brooklyn, which does painting jobs in commercial and residental properties all over New York City. We talk about seeking one's true passion, the benefits of franchising and the relationship of chess and painting.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 41, I converse with Robby Alex Robertson, a relationship coach and founder of Dynamite Dads, who I recently met through our mutual friend Michael Deutsch, Owner of Hands on Hoops and former podcast guest. We discuss the art of coaching, ways to motivate others, the importance of getting outside of one's comfort zone, the relationships between mothers and fathers an...

Send us Fan Mail In our milestone 40th episode, I coverse with leadership and life coach Tanja Bogataj, who hails from Slovenia but deals with clients all over the globe. She is the founder of #bepowerfulandfree community. We talk about the importance of getting outside of one's comfort zone (Ufaratzta in Hebrew), the relationship of chess and leadership, transferrable skills between various...

Send us Fan Mail In our 39th episode, I interview Elizabeth Drivas, who's been our Paychex Account Executive since January 2019. We talk about the benefits of payroll for services businesses, ways for growing businesses to stay a float during the COVID-19 challenges and analologies between HR and chess.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 38, I converse with Molly Coy, Founder of Coys Camps and Classes and A Tale of Two Kings. The episode photo was from a camp we did in her Sonoran Science Academy Tucson classroom when Pima County Superintendent Dustin Williams came to visit our winter break camp in January, 2019. We discuss the relationship of chess and business, chess pedagogy, chess parenting and more...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 37, I converse with Harriett Erskine-Joseph, Founder of Interiors by Harriet, a fellow member of BNI Manhattan Chapter 54. Her company Interiors by Harriet designs and installs window treatments and cleans draperies throughout the Greater NYC area. We talk about the process of window treatments and how it relates to a chess game, the importance of preemptive measure and...

Send us Fan Mail In our special double Chai Episode #36, I converse with Adam Torres, the founder of Mission Matters Media, a media, publishing and podcast marketing agency dedicated to the needs of business owners, entrepreneurs and executives. Adam is an international speaker, author of multiple books and host of the Mission Matters series of podcasts which has an 1,800+ episode catalogue. I was...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #35, I converse with Benjamin Steinman, an Account Executive for Konica Business Solutions, which supplies copy machines, security cameras and other equipment to businesses in the New York area. While on the surface his business and chess do not have all that much in common, we were able to uncover quite a bit! We chatted about business networking, buying equipment as p...