Good Time of Day to USCL - Yermo Joins Broadcast
Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky joins the Chess.com/tv broadcasting team this Tuesday for Week 5 of the United States Chess League (USCL). He'll join FM Mike Klein in commentating on the games live. The broadcast will begin at 7:45 p.m. Eastern with the class of titans - the Miami Sharks (4-0) against the Dallas Destiny (4-0).
He also began recording videos on Chess.com recently, notably the Game of the Week analysis video, where he goes through the winning USCL game each week.
"Yermo" is one of the most well-known GMs in the country, both for his over-the-board play and longtime presence announcing games. He is twice the winner of the U.S. Championship and last year he was inducted in the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.
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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 championships. He now works at Chess.com as a Senior Journalist and at ChessKid.com as the Chief Chess Officer. In 2012, 2015, and 2018, he was awarded Chess Journalist of the Year by the Chess Journalists of America. He has also previously won other awards from the CJA such as Best Tournament Report, and also several writing awards for mainstream newspapers. His chess writing and personal travels have now brought him to 99 countries.
