CoachCoach Edward joined BayAreaChess's Coaching Staff in October 2022!
Hello!
My name is Edward Lewis and I enjoy learning and exploring many different discipline’s and categories. Chess and composing music are two of my favorite pastimes. I have been playing chess in the Bay Area since 1993 and have accumulated 30 years of fond memories, insight and experience. Education, M.A. Psych Pepperdine University, B.A. Psych CSU Stanislaus.
Thank you for your time,
Regards,
Coach Mathew joined BAC in September 2022!
Hola Chess People!
I have been coaching/training chess students for twenty years, created and published the Daily Chess Calendar, and founded Let’s Play Chess (CA) and the Let’s Play Chess Club (LPCC). I teach in the south bay and enjoy gaming, good food & JRPGs. Blunder Check!
Coach Sana joined BayAreaChess in May 2022!
BAC is proud to welcome Coach Jason Cruz to the Coaching Team starting February 2022!
BAC is happy to welcome Coach Neil to the BAC's Coaching Team!
Neil Rodas is a Bay Area Native, moving from Marin to San Jose in 2012. Neil studied Electrical Engineering at San Jose State University. After graduating he has worked in the Semiconductor and RF industries. His hobbies include chess, volleyball, motorcycling, and Seinfeld trivia. Favorite time Control: Blitz and Favorite Chess Variant is Crazyhouse.
Jordan Langland is a well-known Coach and Tournament Director in Bay Area.
Jordan is now national level tournament director and has directed approximately 1500 tournaments. Yes, 1500. He has been working with the BAC for many years, while coaching and directing.
As a Coach for afterschool programming, Jordan specializes in teaching Beginner and Intermediate players.
“We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
— Epictetus (Greek Philosopher AD 55 – c.135)
Steven Zierk is a Grandmaster born and raised in the Bay Area, best known for winning the World Under-18 championship in 2010.
Steven learned the game at age six and climbed to 1500 before spending five years away from serious chess. After returning in 2007 Steven gained six hundred rating points in a year with rating gains in twenty-four consecutive tournaments. Steven’s climb culminated in victory at the 2010 World Under 18 Championships, winning by a full point with 9.5/11.
Alan Hung, one of the enrichment coaches, who joined BAC in the summer of 2018, is committed to providing an encouraging and inspiring environment for everyone to learn and master chess.
He believes that the attributes required for one to play the game of chess can also be applied elsewhere in life, including academics. Playing chess allows kids to develop the ability to focus, use critical thinking skills, and even to plan and visualize multiple steps ahead. These are all characteristics that can be applied to many professions and occupations.
GM Coach Atanas has worked with Bay Area Chess since 2018 and currently hosts the most Advanced grouping of our weekly online Courses.
A note from Coach Kolev: