Premier Chess: Conquer the Game; Master Your Life

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 34, I converse with Maurice Frumkin, the owner of NYC Admissions Solutions, which advises families and schools in circumventing the K-12 admissions consulting process, through workshops (virtual and in-person), 1-1 coaching, interview prep and more. We discuss his route to starting company, the challenges students face in admissions process, ways in which students can s...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 33, I converse with Adam Shuty, the owner of Atomic Total Fitness, a boutique gym in Midtown East, where I've personally trained with Mike Murray. We discuss the transferable skills between chess and fitness, pedagogy for fitness trainers and chess teachers, entrepreneurship and more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 32, I interview Jessica Martin the Founder of Over The Chessboard, which provides chess instruction in the Greater Charlotte area, including Lake Norman. She originally hails from Canada and spent the greater part of her childhood in Tucson, Arizona. After beginning her chess teaching career at Chess in the Schools for six years, she taught in Tucson for a few years bef...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 31, I interview Ron Anderson, a guitarist and rock-composer. Ron founded three successful bands- Rat At Rat R, The Molecules and PAK. He appears on over 70 releases, most recently in 2018 PAK - Bestial. He has also preformed all around the world, throughout the U.S, Europe, Japan and beyond. I became friends with Ron in the mid 2000s as he worked at the Marshall Chess C...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #30, I interview our close education partner Adrienne Murphy, the Founder of the Adrienne Process, which provides parents the specific “tools” for positive engagement with their unique child. We discuss the importance of focusing one one's strengths, methods of building confidence, particularly for special education students, an integrative approach, the 8 Adrienne...

Send us Fan Mail In our 29th Episode, I converse with Melanie Fox, Founder of Speech Fox. Melanie is an acclaimed dialect coach and accent reduction specialist who helps non-native English speakers articulate clear business English. We discuss the correlation of speech, confidence building, entrepreneurship, and much more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #28, I interview Jennifer Wilkov, an award-winning author and owner of Your Book is Your Hook. Jennifer Wilkov has written four books and is about to publish another next month. She's been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and CNBC. Now she focuses on marketing for authors, screenwriters and playwrights. We talk about the benefits of publishing, w...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast Epsidoe #27, I converse with Chess4Life Founder National Master Elliott Neff. Chess4Life reaches several thousand kids per week in the Seattle area in 4 physical location and millions more virtually. It is one of the biggest chess enterprises in the country with 20+ full-time employees. We talk about our initial meeting when I was in Seattle last year, chess pedagogy, t...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #26, I interview Lisa Cunningham, Esq. I met her through her husband National Master Todd Bryant back in 2008. We then became good friends when they spent a summer in New York in 2010. A few years later, they lived in New York for several years. We discuss the relationship between chess and marital relations, ways to get more women to play the game, parenting and the co...

Send us Fan Mail In our milestone Episode #25, I converse with Mary Miele, the founder of Evolved Education, which offers tutoring, school placement services, special education consulting and much more. We chat about ways to inspire families during the COVID-19 season, the importance of education partners, the value of tutors and educational consultants, avenues of collaboration and much more

Send us Fan Mail In Episode # 24, I converse with Shaily Hakimian, Social Media Connoisseur and K-12 Math Tutor. We first met at the Israeli American Council Conference in Washington DC in September, 2016. We chat about the importance of networking during the Coronavirus season, marketing strategies and how they relate to chess, multi-tasking between different businesses and much more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #23 of podcast, I interview Alli Bradley, the CEO and Founder of Private Yoga Soho, which does in-person and virtual yoga sessions. We discuss the transferrable skills between chess and yoga, entrepreneurship, the importance of wellness and much more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #22, I interview Dan Pelletier, the Founder of DIG USA, which runs chess and soccer programs in Connecticut. We discuss transferrable skills between chess, soccer and other activities, the ways Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and others stay physically fit, the importance of chess companies to collaborate and much more.

Send us Fan Mail In the 21st episode of podcast, I converse with Ryan Garson, the founder of Very Social and a Manhattan real estate broker with Halstead. We chat about his passion for entrepreneurship, the rising importance of Instagram, the art of strategic planning, a comparison of chess, social media and real estate and more.

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast Episode #20, I have a conversation with Michael Trugman, a CPA, who loves practicing his true passion, which is health coaching. We discuss his transition to his passion

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast Episode #19, I interview Jean-Antoine Norbert, an esteemed painter and teacher. He earned an MFA from the New York Academy of Art, a diploma from the Angel Academy of Art in Florence Italy and a medical degree from UNIL, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.. His portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is on permanent display at the British Consulate NYC. We discuss his desire to...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #18, I interview Grandmaster Boris Alterman and Luba Alterman, the founders of ChessMatec. With a rating of 2608, Grandmaster Alterman is the 6th highest rated player in Israel. He was friends with my coach GM Leonid Yudasin as they represented Israel in several Olympiads together. In this episode, we discuss the importance of networking in the chess world, the chess sc...

Send us Fan Mail In the 17th podcast episode, I interview Life Master Michael Aigner, who resides in the Bay Area. Some of his chess highlights include tying for second place in the U.S Open in 2006 and playing in the U.S Chess Championship in 2007. Thanks to his love for the birds opening, he has the nick name "fpawn." I first met Michael when we played in the 2009 Chicago Open. While M...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast Episode #16. I interview Lara Hocheiser, the owner of one of our esteemed education partners Flow & Grow Kids Yoga. We discuss the importance of collaborating, mindfulness, how yoga can help prepare players for chess games, our plans during the Covid-19 season, and much more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 15, I interview Dr. Alana Bloom, Chiropractor. We discuss chess and health, the importance of gratitude, how to stay productive during the coronavirus season, the importance of listening to teachers and more.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 14, I interview International Master Mike Ivanov, Founder of Canada Chess Youth League. We discuss the founding of his organization, the differences of playing chess tournaments in North America and Europe, organization of norm tournaments, the benefits of chess and more.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I interview Steve Abrahams, the author of "Become A Chess Champion: A New Guide To Learn & Teach Chess", teacher at Academy Prep of Lakeland, FIDE trainer and more. We talk about teaching pedagogy, chess networks, benefits of curriclum classes and much more.

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast Episode #12, I interview Shelby Lohrman, my friend, teammate and fellow chess businessman. He is the Director of American Chess Equipment, which makes and distributes top-of-the line chess equipment at great prices. We discuss our friendship, businesses, joint partnership and chess networks.

Send us Fan Mail In 10th episode of podcast, I interview Sharon Richter, a business coach with Focal Point. We discuss business goals, continuous improvement, strategy vs tactics and more.

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast Episode #10, I interview our Staten Island Instructor Ian Fleischman. We discuss his background, teaching pedagogy, his favorite yearly tournament, the Amateur Team East, chess variants and more.