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Wolfgang Behm

Coach Wolfgang Behm, is an experienced professional scholastic coach, and he has been one of the most sought after scholastic instructors in Silicon Valley for the past ten years. 

Coach Wolfgang is an UCLA Alma Mater Alumnus and he holds various undergraduate and graduate degrees in Philosophy, Classical Greek and Latin, Music, and History. Before teaching chess, Coach Wolfgang taught various philosophy courses, including upper division Medieval Philosophy, and logic in the CSU system, and tutored history, critical thinking, and philosophy at West Valley College.

Antonio Rabadan

Coach Antonio Rabadan joined BAC's Team in 2024 Fall!

Coach Antonio was born in Mexico City and lives in San Jose since 2001,  he is a Structural Engineer and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the American Concrete Institute, Antonio has been teaching chess in the French-American School of Silicon Valley for 12 years and in the Second School of Silicon Valley for 3 years. in his free time he enjoys visiting the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and building models of structures.

Griffin Herr

Coach Griffin joined BAC Coaching Team in 2024.

We are happy to having Coach Griffin joining us!

Below is the statement from Coach Griffin:

Chess is my passion!

I love conveying my enthusiasm for chess and helping students have fun, learn and improve.

Rahul Rajaram

Coach Rahul joined BayAreaChess in Summer 2023!

Coach Rahul has been playing chess off and on since 5 years old and loves playing casually and in tournaments. He has been volunteering and working with BayAreaChess since early 2023. He likes unconventional openings and his favorite piece is the rook.

Wilfredo"FRED" Sabobo Jr.

Coach Fred joined BayAreaChess in January 2023!

I started playing chess at age 5 when my dad taught me how to play. He was a hobby/casual player and just know how to move the pieces with a scant knowledge of tactics and chess theory. Soon enough after a month I have to find neighbors and friends as opposing players because he would lose to me most of the time.

Darryl Kwan

Coach Darryl Joined BayAreaChess's Coaching Staff in October 2022!

Darryl Kwan is a Bay Area native who has been playing chess for 45 years. His peak was playing first board at Borel Middle School in San Mateo, California. He went on to play Varsity tennis in high school and graduated from UC Berkeley. His idol was Bobby Fisher. He is searching for him since in his students.

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