Ayyyyyyyyyy my name is Ben, and I am a college student who really likes chess. I started playing chess when I was 4 years old, when my dad taught me. My brother Luke, who was 3 years older than me, played a 30-minute game with me nearly every day for over a year. Both of us enjoyed chess a lot, but I think I liked it more, which is why I started playing more online and going down the chess rabbit hole. Eventually, I got significantly better than Luke, and we started playing less. This was when I was around 11 years old and probably rated around 1100. I went to a ton of local tournaments and began winning many of them.

Throughout high school, my chess pursuits were far from slowing down. I started and served as president of two chess clubs and reached a rating of around 2200 rapid on Chess.com. I won 1st place in the HS section of the Washington Scholastic State Chess Championships my 11th grade year, and in the summer after 12th grade, I qualified for the Spokane City Championship by winning the Contender’s tournament. After high school, I accepted a chess scholarship from Bushnell University to play for their E-sports team and started coaching students professionally.

If you are interested in lessons, please email Bp16green@gmail.com. Lesson rates are $30 an hour with the first lesson being entirely free!

Testimonial from former student Hunter Leibfried “Ben started teaching me about four years ago. At that point, I knew almost nothing about chess - No openings, and no strategy. Very soon after I started learning from Ben, I reached a chess.com rating of about 1200. Almost any time I challenged Ben to play, he was happy to, and I think that was a significant factor in my quick improvement. Ben helped me by finding tournaments in my area for me to attend, one of which I won 1st place at!”

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