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In Episode 183, I converse with Jay Stallings, Founder of Coach Jay's Chess Academy, live from Dubai. He is an Expert-level chess player and certified FIDE Trainer with 25 years coaching experience. He runs a non-profit organization that has taught chess to over 40,000 students. He and his wife, Michel, have two sons, both of whom played chess in tournaments from coast to coast.

We speak about the influence of Bobby Fischer, thoughts on the  2021 Magnus Carlsen-Ian Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match,  a reflection on the  1927 Alekhine- Capblanca World Champiopnship Match, meeting Former World Championship Candidate Fabiano Caruana,  top tips for chess improvement, the importance of studying positional chess, an overview of his 15 books, pawn play strategy, a preview of his project with Square Off. 

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In Episode 182, I have the pleasure of conversing with National Master Evan Rosenberg, who is an education attorney at The Law Offices of Neal H. Rosenberg. Evan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Texas at Dallas. He received a Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School. He is now transitioning from practicing law full-time to launching his own chess instruction business. 

We speak about the etymology of the name "Evan", opening repertoire, pillars of education law, independent education plans, learning disability diagnoses, special education vs. inclusion, the resiliency of children, benefits of chess, thought process and preparation in chess and law, intensity in school chess programs, the passion's effect on happiness and more. 

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In Epsiode 181, I have the honor of interviewing James Altucher, American Hedge-fund Manager, Author, Podcaster and National Chess Master. James Altucher has co-founded 20 companies and written 20 books. He is an alum of Cornell University. He is a US Chess National Master and owner of Stand Up New York.

We discuss his thoughts on the Upcoming Carlsen- Nepomniachtchi World Championship match, Magnus Carlsen's positional style, leaving Corporate America for entrepenurship, resiliency after he lost his $15M of net worth,  ways to enter the hegefund space, the art of competitive advantage, candidate moves in chess and finance, his rapid growth to chess master, tournament play vs. online play, parallels of chess and stand-up comedy, mainline vs. orthodox chess openings and more. 

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Dr. Richard Lewis retired two years ago from his dentistry career and has since taught for us in several schools in Westchester and the Bronx.  He taught International Master Yaacov Norowitz and our New Jersey Instructor Mikhail Kruglyak when they were children in Elizabeth, NJ.

We speak about his life on the Thomas Jefferson High School chess team,  the University of Pennsylvania chess club,  lessons with Grandmaster Rossolimo for $8/hour, the importance of patience, chess pedagogy lessons, exchanging chess for dental lessons, thought process in chess and dentistry and more. 

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In Podcast Episode 179, I converse with  National Master Gabriel Ewing, Premier Chess Instructor and Programmer. Gabe has a Bachelor of Arts and Masters in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University. He recently started teaching for us after he left Google, where he was a full-time Software engineer for four years. He made National Master when he tied for first place in the 2014 World Open U-2200 section. 

We speak about his drive to follow his passion of chess, the parallels between chess and programming, recommendations for winning big tournaments, chess pedagogy lessons and more. 

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In episode 178, I converse with Galen Pyle, CEO of Best Knight Games and Senior Strategic Advisor at FOCUS Investment Banking Business Owners: Let's Discuss Selling Your Business.
He is an Experienced E-Commerce CEO with a 10+ years history of scaling and selling e-commerce businesses

We speak about his leadreship of the Reed College Chess Club, the global chess community, the intersection of cloud computing and chess, a compare and contrast of business brokers and investment banking strategtic advisors, market trends in the chess equipment industry, the Portland chess scene, the impact of The Queen's Gambit on the chess industry and more.

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In Episode 177, I converse with  Mike Nietman, President of Wisconsin Chess Association and Former United States Chess Federation Board Member. Mike is currently serves as the Chair of the US Chess Election Committee, and a member of the National State Invitational Scholastic, State and Affiliate, and Trust commmiteees.

We speak about obstacles in running major chess events, a call for young professional chess players to get involved in chess politics, an overview of Wisconsin chess, motivation for women chess players, deductive logic in programming, chesss, and education, goals for US Chess, thoughts on the Upcoming World Championship and more. 

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In Episode 176, I converse with Elana Margulies Snyderman, Senior Manager, Publications at EisnerAmper and Co-Founder of Phyt Cares. During the day, she oversees, produces and edits various publications of many of EisnerAmper's largest industry groups and service lines. By evening, she volunteers to help run Phyt Cares,  the 501c3 U.S. tax exempt and 1101.01 Puerto Rico tax exempt non-profit arm of Phyt Gym. It educates youth and communities in New York City and Puerto Rico through fitness. She is spearheading the organization's virtual fundraiser, which is taking place on November 3.

We speak about her thoughts on the Acclarity Conference for Economic Recovery, which we were both speakers at, life as a Brandeis University student, podcasting with EisnerAmper, applications of chess in venture capital, private equity and hedge funds, training underprivileged youth, Phyt Cares' upcoming fundraiser and more.

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In Episode 175, I conerse with Debra Brunner, Chief Executive Officer at The Together Plan, which facilitates community capacity building for communities in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

We speak about the disconnected Belarusian Jews, the top Belarusian chess players, a sparknote summary of Belarus, ways to get involved with The Together Plan and their upcoming Zoymen 2021 Virtual Conference on October 10 and October 17, which will feature a talk from our 116th Podcast Guest Sylvie Heyman.

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In Episode 174, I have the pleasure of conversing with Jessi Shakarian, User Experience Designer at DIA Design Guild. Thanks to The Queen's Gambit, Jessi recently got into chess and is excited to play her first over-the-board tournament in November. Follow her on Twitter.

We speak about the The Queen's Gambit, The User Experience (UX) of various chess sites, common misconceptions about chess, ways to get started in the game as an adult, educational chess Twitch streamers, parallels between the UX process and a chess game, and more.