Premier Chess: Conquer the Game; Master Your Life

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 183, I converse with Jay Stallings, Founder of Coach Jay's Chess Academy , live from Dubai. He is an Expert-level chess player and certified FIDE Trainer with 25 years coaching experience. He runs a non-profit organization that has taught chess to over 40,000 students. He and his wife, Michel, have two sons, both of whom played chess in tournaments from coast to co...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 182, I have the pleasure of conversing with National Master Evan Rosenberg , who is an education attorney at The Law Offices of Neal H. Rosenberg . Evan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Texas at Dallas . He received a Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School . He is now transitioning from practicing law full-time to launching hi...

Send us Fan Mail In Epsiode 181, I have the honor of interviewing James Altucher, American Hedge-fund Manager, Author, Podcaster and National Chess Master . James Altucher has co-founded 20 companies and written 20 books. He is an alum of Cornell University . He is a US Chess National Master and owner of Stand Up New York. We discuss his thoughts on the Upcoming Carlsen- Nepomniachtchi World Champ...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Richard Lewis retired two years ago from his dentistry career and has since taught for us in several schools in Westchester and the Bronx.  He taught International Master Yaacov Norowitz and our New Jersey Instructor Mikhail Kruglyak when they were children in Elizabeth, NJ. We speak about his life on the Thomas Jefferson High School chess team,  the University of Pennsylvania...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast Episode 179, I converse with  National Master Gabriel Ewing, Premier Chess Instructor and Programmer. Gabe has a Bachelor of Arts and Masters in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University . He recently started teaching for us after he left Google, where he was a full-time Software engineer for four years. He made National Master when he tied for first place i...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 178, I converse with Galen Pyle, CEO of Best Knight Games and Senior Strategic Advisor at FOCUS Investment Banking Business Owners: Let's Discuss Selling Your Business . He is an Experienced E-Commerce CEO with a 10+ years history of scaling and selling e-commerce businesses We speak about his leadreship of the Reed College Chess Club, the global chess community, t...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 177, I converse with  Mike Nietman, President of Wisconsin Chess Association and Former United States Chess Federation Board Member. Mike is currently serves as the Chair of the US Chess Election Committee, and a member of the National State Invitational Scholastic, State and Affiliate, and Trust commmiteees. We speak about obstacles in running major chess events, a cal...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 176, I converse with Elana Margulies Snyderman, Senior Manager, Publications at EisnerAmper and Co-Founder of Phyt Cares . During the day, she oversees, produces and edits various publications of many of EisnerAmper 's largest industry groups and service lines. By evening, she volunteers to help run Phyt Cares,  the 501c3 U.S. tax exempt and 1101.01 Puerto Rico tax...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 175, I conerse with Debra Brunner, Chief Executive Officer at The Together Plan , which facilitates community capacity building for communities in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. We speak about the disconnected Belarusian Jews, the top Belarusian chess players, a sparknote summary of Belarus, ways to get involved with The Together Plan and their upcoming Zoy...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 174, I have the pleasure of conversing with Jessi Shakarian, User Experience Designer at DIA Design Guild . Thanks to The Queen's Gambit, Jessi recently got into chess and is excited to play her first over-the-board tournament in November. Follow her on Twitter . We speak about the The Queen's Gambit, The User Experience (UX) of various chess sites, common mis...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 173, I converse with Cory Reader, Chief Investment Officer at HK Wealth Management, Inc. Cory was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. He played basketball professionally with the LA Clippers and the Portland Trailblazers. Basketball took him all around the world, playing on 5 different continents (excluding Africa & Antarctica).He retired from Basketball in Dece...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 172, I converse with Woman FIDE Master Uyanga Byambaa, Economics PHD Student at University of California, Berkeley .  Learn more about her through her blog My Memorable Tournaments .  We speak about our memories of the 2012 Northern California International tournament, her thoughts on female titles and tournaments, her upbringing in Mongolia, ideas to keep middle and hi...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 171, I converse with Michael Chadwick, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson with Corcoran Group .  He does sales and rentals all over New York City and has been featured on The Real Deal , Real Estate Weekly ,  The New York Times and more.  We speak about the reasons there are so many actors in real estate, brokers' transitions between firms, the ability to think ahead...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 170, I converse with Florian Helff, Chess Tournament Manager and Director of Business Development at Corporate Esports Association. In addition to preparing for the Second Corporate Chess Championship , which is taking place virtually from September 4- December 11, he works as a software engineer at Twitch . Furthermore, he is the Club President of the Amazon Chess Club...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 169, I converse with Grandmaster Alexander Fishbein , who is a Director and Desk Strategist at TD Securities . He won the 1st Denker Tournament of High School Champions in 1985. He also has earned the 1st place prize at some of the United States' major open tournaments, including the World Open and the National Open. One of his other major claims to fame is beating...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 168, I converse with National Expert Brian Wilmeth, Premier Chess Director of Virtual Programmers and Programmer . Brian splits his time between teaching chess, managing our virtual programs, and freelancing programming web and IOS applications. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Polytechnic University and a certificate in Human Relations from Dale Carnegie T...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 167, I have the pleasure of speaking with Karel van Delft , Author of Chess for Educators .  Karel van Delft is a psychologist and chess trainer in Apeldoorn.  He has is Masters in Psychology from University of Amsterdam. His son Merijn is an International Master. We speak about chess as a metaphor for life, the potential for autistic and other special needs students to...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 166, I converse with FIDE Master Justus Williams, Founder of Black Squares , which offers a range of opportunities for St. Louis city youth aged 6-18 to engage with chess. through an after-school program, group lessons and play, and weekend tournaments. Justus originally hails from the Bronx, NY and has been highlighted for his chess skills in major outlets such as the...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 165, I converse with Grandmaster Patrick Wolff, a two-time US Champion and Founder of Grandmaster Capital Management, a hedge fund that received seed capital from Peter Thiel , the founder of Clarium and a strong chess player himself.  We speak about his inspiration from Fischer Boom, his wins against Former World Champions Garry Kasparov and Mikhail Tal, stories from w...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 164, I converse with Andrew Stein, a former investment banker, who founded Oprhaned Starfish Foundation (OSF) . OSF works with 12,000+ orphans, victims of abuse and trafficing and other impoverished children in 26 countries. They have established 57 computer centers. We speak about Andrew's global investment banking and children's magic practices, the processs...

Send us Fan Mail  In Episode 163, I converse with National Expert Jason Ciano , one of our instructors, who has been teaching chess for 20+ years at schools including PS166, Trinity and Greenwich Country Day School. He has trained five national champions.  Jason Ciano is also an International Master in bridge. We speak about the controversial  Chess Ratings North West system , the Seattle chess sc...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 162, I converse with Rabbi Mark Wildes, founder of Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE), which is a warm and open community where millennial men and women in their 20s and 30s can explore Jewish life and meet new people. I recently finished MJE's senior fellowship program, in which I studied 3 hours of Torah every Wednesday night for a year.  We discuss Rabbi Wildes&a...

Send us Fan Mail  In Episode 161, I converse with  National Master, Jesse Lozano, Founder of Complete Chess. Jesse was born and raised in San Antonio. He has been competing in chess tournaments since high school and is a four-time San Antonio City chess champion. Lozano is a full time chess player and coach. His goal is to help San Antonio be a chess capitol and give students an opportunity to gro...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast Episode 160, I converse with National Expert Andrew Hellenschmidt, a former Wall Street recruiter and trader, who has taught chess at Success Academy , PS 33 , Nest+M and many other schools.  We speak about a day in the life on Wall Street, the utilization risk management in chess, tips for chess improvement, his experience teaching with Magnus Carlsen, the transition f...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 159, I converse with Evan Katz, Founder of Crawford Ventures . He is an award-winning  hedge fund and private equity executive and fundraiser. He has a BS in Finance and Economics from Wharton and a JD from Harvard Law School . Outside of the hedge fund space, he is a chess player and big supporter of the game. We speak about his computer chess column in chess life, his...