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  Sarah Beth, aka "batgirl,"  unlike most of the Article authors on Chess.com, has neither talents nor credentials. What she does have is a two-decade long passion for time-consuming, tedious, historical research and a penchant for transposing her findings into words and stories. Her belief is that the value of Chess extends far beyond the champions, beyond the great games played or the theories advanced.  The value of Chess lies in how it affects each individual who embraces it.  And that's where all stories begin.  

Hi everyone! My name is Simon. I'm a proper hockey-loving Canadian boy who loves his poutines. Otherwise, I'm the Director of Professional Relations for Chess.com and I work as Danny's assistant on a variety of projects. I mostly handle communications with all the different contributors and partners we have. I'm also involved with various tasks related to the content you see and enjoy on the site. I feel really lucky to be working for such a great company. It was a dream come true when Erik (CEO Erik!) called me for an interview. I thought it was a prank at first! A week later, I was on the team, meeting with everyone who makes this site so amazing. I'm one of the few employees that members will interact with and I feel responsible for representing everyone else who works here, and the...

Soy Gran Maestra Internacional de Ajedrez, Fide Trainer y licenciada en Estudios Internacionales. He dedicado mi vida a jugar ajedrez, destacándome en varias áreas.  He sido miembro del equipo olímpico venezolano en 9 oportunidades defendiendo el primer tablero, Campeona Nacional en todas las categorías (sub.10, sub.12, sub.14, sub.16, sub.18, sub.20, sub.30 y máxima categoría), tres veces Campeona Panamericana Sub 20 (Venezuela 98, Ecuador 1999, Perú 2001) , Campeona Panamericana 16 y 18, Campeona Continental Femenino Argentina 2007, Bronce en el Campeonato Continental Femenino. Cali- Colombia 2009, Sub Campeona del Sub Zonal Absoluto Bahamas 2010 y medalla de Bronce en las Olimpiadas de Turin Italia 2006. Ha sido un largo camino transitado desde que empecé en el deporte ciencia cuando ap...

Seirawan began playing chess at 12; at 13 he became Washington junior champion. At 19 he won the World Junior Chess Championship. In 1980, he tied for first with Walter Browne in Wijk Aan Zee and was invited by Viktor Korchnoi to be his coach in the 1980/81 Candidate Matches and World Championship match against Anatoly Karpov. Seirawan was twice a Candidate, four time US Champion, was ranked in the world's top ten and played for ten US Olympiad teams.  He retired from tournament play in September 2003. For twelve years he was the publisher chief editor of the Inside Chess magazine. In 2001, Seirawan released a plan to reunite the chess world, which at that time had two world champions: Ruslan Ponomariov had gained the title under the auspices of FIDE, while Vladimir Kramnik had beaten Garr...

Устный и письменный переводчик и технический писатель из Нижнего Новгорода (английский/французский/русский языки). Люблю шахматы сильно, но безответно (судя по "успехам" за доской).  Создатель и менеджер профессиональной команды "Волжские буревестники", играющей в  ПРО Лиге. Администратор любительских команд Москвы и Поволжья.  Interpreter, translator and technical writer from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia  (English/French/Russian). My passion for chess is strong but unrequited (no luck OTB). Founder and manager of Volga Stormbringers team playing in PRO Chess League. Admin of Team Moscow and The Volga team clubs.

"On the chessboard, if nowhere else, justice does triumph." I learnt the rules of chess in early 2017. Since then, I have hopefully progressed somewhat. I also discovered Chess.com, creating an account in November. If you have any queries, I would be willing to help, just as I would be willing to accept a challenge from you for a game! 

Company Contact and News Accreditation:  Email: peter@chess.com Phone: 1 (800) 318-2827 Address: PO Box 60400 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Peter Doggers joined a chess club a month before turning 15 and still plays for it. He used to be an active tournament player and holds two IM norms, but now only plays about two tournaments a year. Peter has a Master of Art degree in Dutch Language & Literature. He briefly worked at New in Chess, then as a Dutch teacher and then in a project for improving safety and security in Amsterdam schools. Between 2007 and 2013 Peter was running ChessVibes, a major source for chess news and videos. In October 2013 Chess.com acquired ChessVibes. As our Director of Content, Peter writes most of...

Company Contact and News Accreditation:  Email: Mike@chess.com Phone: 1 (800) 318-2827 Address: PO Box 60400 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Mike Klein began playing chess at the age of four in Charlotte, NC. In 1986, he lost to Josh Waitzkin at the National Championship featured in the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer." A year later, Mike became the youngest member of the very first All-America Chess Team, and was on the team a total of eight times. In 1988, he won the K-3 National Championship, and eventually became North Carolina's youngest-ever master. In 1996, he won clear first for under-2250 players in the top section of the World Open. Mike has taught chess full-time for a dozen years in New York City and Charlotte, with his students and teams winning many national champion...

Cześć! Jestem instruktorem szachowym i zawodowo zajmuję się nauczaniem gry w szachy. Moja pasja rozpoczęła się dwanaście lat temu - dzięki temu doświadczeniu jestem w stanie rozwiązywać wiele problemów, z którymi początkujący szachiści kompletnie sobie nie radzą. Zdarza Ci się podstawiać figury? Wiedziałeś, że wystarczy zadać sobie jedno pytanie, aby tego uniknąć? (Czym mi grozi przeciwnik?) Tak, to jest proste! Moje kwalifikacje potwierdzają wszystkie pozytywne opinie na moim profilu ekorepetytora! Specjalizuję się w zajęciach on-line (wystarczą darmowe konta na chess com i skype!). Jak wygląda system płatności? Płacisz po zajęciach zwykłym przelewem, lub jeżeli Ci wygodniej to paypalem. Nie czekaj! Napisz do mnie smsa (792-517-249) już teraz, a skontaktuję się z Tobą jak najszybciej i u...

FIDE IM, FIDE Trainer Available for complete INDIVIDUAL courses to ambitious advanced young players, aiming at International titles. Contact me: panfren at gmail dot com for details.

Note: Not accepting new students at the moment. Matt is a USCF National Master and part-time chess coach.  He started playing chess when at five and has been teaching since age nine.  Matt’s two goals when working with students are to 1) make sure the game stays fun and 2) ensure constant improvement in all facets of the game.

GM Daniel Naroditskywas born, raised, and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. He learned chess at six years old from his father and brother, and was hooked from day one! His greatest accomplishment in his early chess career was to win the gold medal in the 2007 under 12 World Youth Chess Championship in Antalya, Turkey. Four years later, he became an IM, and in 2013, at the Benasque Open in Spain, He earned his final GM norm and pushed his rating over 2500, fulfilling his dream. He's am currently a full-time student at Stanford University, but still ambitious. He also very much enjoys writing and continues to write an instructional column here on Chess.com when his time permits!

Chess University is the the world's leading chess-teaching organization on the internet! It's headed by talented chess instructors who are here to provide world-class chess education. Chess University offers single-day seminars, college-like chess classes, grandmaster simultaneous exhibitions, online chess camps, the Prodigy Program and much more!   Our teaching staff includes: Best-selling coach Kairav Joshi, FM Dalton Perrine, FM Arne Jochens, FM Kostya Kavutskiy, GM Alex Yermolinsky, and many teaching assistants and guest instructors such as GM Vishy Anand!   Check out our group for more info: Click here to join today!   Interested in online chess courses? Visit: https://chessuniversity.com

I'm an academic philosopher and an amateur chess player rated between 1700-2000 in Daily, Blitz (10 min), and Rapid. I've mostly always played on this site, but have recently started playing OTB tournaments as well. I'm also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brown Belt and a latin dancer. Please check out my blog where I write about how someone at my level tries to improve, interesting opening lines, chess books & videos, my own games, and so on. 

FIDE Master from Michigan. 2476 USCF, 2365 FIDE   2013 and 2014 Michigan Open Champion   Two IM Norms: Golden State Open 2013 (5.5/9), St Louis Invitational 2014 (7.0/9)   USA Ranking - 87th (USCF) 97th (FIDE)

Hello there, dear chess fan! Good to see you again  2018 for me will be a year with loooooads of streams! Come and join the fun on www.twitch.tv/Anna_Chess for my "Anna in Wonderland" shows and follow the PRO Chess League where I commentate on the Eastern Division with the one and only GingerGM!    

I am interested in chess and psychology, especially how chess can help the person grow. May chess used as indicator to measure women and men or people with different background. Also aging and chess. Being one of the top World players at the end of 80's I have tremendous experience and I know all top players from that period till today. I only did not play Magnus, but I beat Spassky in the past.

I am Julian Lin. I live in California, and enjoy playing chess as my deepest passion.   I offer online coaching. I'm self taught and believe my struggles are what makes me a better coach. I started with a 900 rating and am now rated 2200.   (Expand to see all reviews)  I will teach you how to find the right next move - ever feel so lost as to how to even start?We will work together to find the mistakes we are making and come up with actionable plans to work on them - every lesson!Don't take it from me - see what my students have to say:       NickTrap I am a new student of Julian's and after two sessions his coaching has been beyond my expectations. He is a dedicted teacher, that understands the needs of his student and provides a structured approach to learning and getting the student on...

2017 Australian Open Champion, 2018 Australian Champion. Take the struggle out of chess improvement with my website https://www.patreon.com/ChessLearning

Author of Chess Structures - a Grandmaster Guide, Quality Chess 2015. Visit http://chess-structures.com to learn more about it.   Interested in lessons? I am very interested in coaching young and promising players who are eager to learn. We can arrange face to face lessons in Minneapolis, or otherwise most of my lessons are conducted using Skype + ICC (or chess.com). This online system works very well. Just like my book, my teaching is based on very concrete information, clear-cut ideas and principles. Each lesson you will learn something very concrete and useful. I will not waste your time teaching “general ideas” you can’t use. Over the years, I have prepared very solid teaching material, and I believe my current methodology is very effective. I keep the names of my students a secret (to...