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Send us Fan Mail Luke Van Every founded True Compare PEO to better address the individualized needs of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S. With years of experience working for some of the nation’s top providers, Luke leverages his expertise and long-standing relationships with a broad range of PEOs to help companies evaluate which PEOs offer solutions best tailored to meet their spec...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 132, I converse with Michael Khodarkovsky, President of the Kasparov Chess Foundation. Khordakovsky is a FIDE Senior Trainer, FIDE Vice President, and Founder of International School. He was a member of Kasparov's coaching staff in 1995 and 2000 World Championship and Deep Blue matches. In 2008 he won a Scholastic Service award from US CHESS. He is the author of se...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 131, I converse with Sunil Weeramantary, Founder of National Scholastic Chess Foundation. He originally hails from Sri-Lanka. He is the step-father of US Chess Champion Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. He won the the New York State State Chess Championship in 1975 and 2001. He has been teaching chess since 1979 when he launched the program at Hunter School, which has more n...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 130, I converse with Damion Coppedge, Founder of Chess Optics. Until July 2020, Damion served 22 years in prison due to manslaughter. While incarcerated, he remained optimistic and learned as much about chess as he can through books and practice against other inmates. Now he is a Buddhist, chess teacher and poet. He is also a student at BMCC. Check out his Youtube chann...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 129, I have the privilege of conversing with National Master Alex King, Chess Teacher at Douglass K-8 Optional School in Memphis, Tennessee, the headquarters of Fedex. He also works part-time at the new Memphis Chess Club, where he recently served as their first full-time director. We speak about chess history, the relationship of chess and music, the founding of the Me...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 128, I converse with Dr. Adena Blickstein, a physician and public health professional (MD, MPH) with a passion for mental health and community activism. She is the Founder of Teal Dragon, a private psychotherapy practice and future virtual school. We discuss ideas for restructuring the medical system, her upcoming virtual school, common psychological issues during the C...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 127, I converse with one of our greatest Facebook fans John Russell, Author of Riding with Ghosts, Angels, and the Spirits of the Dead. He is a psychic reader, medium, certified T.A.R.O.T. master, and, paranormal Investigator. Learn more about him at https://atdaylong.tripod.com/We discuss the field of paranormal investigations, overcoming misconceptions, logic vs intui...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 126, I have the pleasure of conversing with National Expert Elizabeth Spiegel, IS 318 Coach. IS 318 is an urban public school in Brooklyn, NY that has won more national championships than most schools in the country. They were featured in the award winning film "Brooklyn Castle". She is one of a few if not the only full-time chess teachers in the New York City...

Send us Fan Mail In Milestone Episode 125, I have the absolute honor of conversing with Grandmaster Nigel David Short, an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach, commentator and, since October 2018, Vice-President of FIDE. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January 1988 to July 1989. In 2002, he beat Former World Champion Anatol...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 124, I converse with Macauley Peterson, Operations Associate at Play Magnus. He is a Former Chief Editor at ChessBase.com and Content Director at chess24.com . He was also the Associate Producer of "Magnus" in 2016. Learn more about Macauley through these three pages: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Macauley64 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MacauleyPeterso...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 123, I converse with Joe Rojas, Tech Evangelist, Author, Visionary, Business Advisor. He is the founder of Red Sapiens, which has a MAPP system to guide businesses to implement the seven key components of any business that must be nurtured and strengthened to be a great business. I am part of his Thrivers360 mastermind group. We discuss the business of technology, strat...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 122, I have the privilege of conversing with Grandmaster, Alexander Shabalov, an American chess grandmaster and a four-time winner of the United States Chess Championship (1993, 2000, 2003, 2007). He was born in Riga, Latvia, and like his fellow Latvians Aleksejs Shirov and Mikhail Tal, he is known for courting complications even at the cost of objective soundness. We s...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 120, I converse with FIDE Master Jim Eade, the Founder of the Eade Foundation. He is chess administrator, tournament organizer, and book publisher. He holds the title of FIDE Master. He is best known for the books Chess for Dummies (1996) and The Chess Player's Bible (2004), both of which have been through several editions and been translated into 8 languages. We t...

Send us Fan Mail Fred Waitzkin is a journalist and author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestseller SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER, as well as the books MORTAL GAMES and THE LAST MARLIN. He is the father of International Master Joshua Waitzkin, who was the prodigy and subject of Searching for the Bobby Fischer book and movie. We speak about Joshua Waitzkin's youth, his coaching from our previous p...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 119, I have the privilege of conversing with Theresa Grant, Founder of Make a Difference Now. MADNow supports quality educational opportunities for vulnerable youth. They do this by paying for school fees and the development of the student’s schools, as well as, empowering young women with computer, business, and entrepreneurial skills. We discuss the founding of the or...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 118, I converse with Grandmaster Max Dlugy, an American Chess Grandmaster. Dlugy won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1985. He worked on Wall Street and became a principal of the Russian Growth Fund, a hedge fund. Nowadays he is the owner of Chess Max Academy. We speak about his presidency of the US Chess Federation, chess applications in finance, anti-cheating me...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 117, I have the privilege of conversing with Debbie Eastburn, CEO and President at Chess in the Schools (CIS). Chess in the Schools serves over 12,000 low-income students in Title 1 New York City public schools through structured classroom chess instruction, after school clubs, chess tournaments, summer programs, and a College Bound program for over 100 high school stud...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 116, I have the pleasure of conversing with Sylvie Heyman, the author of "Make it a HABIT" and "Beyond the Holocaust: An Immigrant's Search for Identity". She is a survivor of World War II . She started her career as a registered nurse specializing in obstetrics and later on, heading the cardiac operating room at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn,...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 115, I converse with Jerry Nash, National Chess Education Consultant with Chess in Schools. As National Chess Education Consultant for the Alabama Chess in Schools initiative, Jerry Nash believes in the power of chess to enable student success – both in and out of the classroom. In his own background as a teacher, campus minister, and office administrator, chess provide...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 114, I have the honor of conversing with Carla Berkowitz, Executive Producer of "Critical Thinking", the true story of the 1998 Miami Jackson Senior High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship. We talk about the Critical Thinking production process, the story of the 1997 Miami Jackson High School Team,...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 113, I converse with Matthew Harms, the Founder of Pen For Hire NYC. He is a New York born and based Freelance Writing Professional and Success Coach. His Bronx upbringing combined with diverse educational and career backgrounds provide a multitude of facets to each project he works on. We speak about career changes, the benefits of writing a book, the writing process,...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 112, I have the privilege of conversing with my long-term friend and competitor, International Master Jay Bonin. Jay is among the most active tournament players in the US, having played over 25,000 tournament games. He started to known as the “Iron Man of Chess” in 1997 when won The New York State Championship, Manhattan Chess Club Championship, Marshall Chess Club Cham...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 111, I have the privilege of conversing with Michael Whitehouse, Founder of Guy Who Knows a Guy. With over 18 years of experience running business and working with unique organizations, Michael has built a considerable toolbox of resources for solving problems for entrepreneurs. We speak about his upcoming virtual conference in February 2021, which I am going to speak a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 110, I have the pleasure of conversing with National Master Tyrell Harriot, the founder of Kings of Queens Chess: https://www.kingsofqueenschess.com/. He is also an active streamer: Twitch.tv/falzehope. We talk about his upbringing in Jamaica, adult improvement, accountability, enjoyment, tournaments during COVID-19, experience playing chess at a barbershop, and streami...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 109, I have the absolute pleasure of conversing with National Master Bruce Pandolfini, an American chess author, teacher, and coach. He was portrayed in Searching for Bobby Fischer by Ben Kingsley and was an advisor for the Queen's Gambit book and recent film series. We talk about when I first met Bruce as an 8-year-old, thanks to Women's International Master...