Stephenzinho
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Irish Fide Master with 5 IM norms, still working openings on clearing the final hurdle towards the International Master title lessons (reaching the 2400 rating mark stats one day!).

Irish champion trophies.png in 2016 (see profile picture above with the trophy!)

Team Ireland        player playhand.png in :

  • 2 OTB Olympiads : Baku, Azerbaijan in 2016 and Batumi, Georgia in 2018
  • 2 Fide Online Olympiads 2020 and 2021
  • 1 European Team Chess Championships (ETCC) 2021 in Terme Catez, Slovenia as player and captain.

Team Ireland at the Batumi Olympiad 2018 ( with myself sitting second from the right)                            Credit : International Arbiter Gerry Graham

European Team Chess Championship 2021 in Terme Catez, Slovenia.
Credit : ETCC 2021

Chess bp Coach coaches.png with more than a decade of experience, both in person and online. Feel free to contact me for any questions, or coaching queries, at stephen.jessel@gmail.com messages