Experience Summary
EXPERIENCE
Chess Instructor
CheckMates Chess Academy (Chicago, IL) August 2011 – Present
• Responsible for classroom management and chess related education.
• Responsible for engaging every single student in the class by being highly entertaining and yet very cohesive simultaneously
• Responsible for developing a curriculum that is both challenging and fun.
• Responsible for teaching classes across many schools and libraries. Following are a list of places that I have taught: Nelson Elementary School, Morton Grove Park District, Park View School, Hawthorne Townline School, Des Plaines Public Library, Akiba Schechter, Belding, St. Marys School Buffalo Grove, Long Grove Park District, and Mechanics Grove School. I have taught at all of the aforementioned educational institutions for at least one or more season(s).
• Responsible for arrival, noting attendance, and dismissal.
• Responsible for teaching beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes.
• Average class size is 10 students but I have managed and taught classes with 40+ students.
• Average student age range is 6-12 years of age
Competitive Chess (USCF ID# 14162998) April 2009 – Present
• Class A Player with a USCF Rating of 1950 (Almost an Expert Player).
• Played in a total of 75 tournaments.
• Played a total of 280 games with a 60% win rate.
• I have played against two GM’s separately in a simultaneous exhibition (Grand Masters in chess is the highest title and they are comprised in less than 0.1% of chess population because of the sheer difficulty of the title achievement task) and drew them both: Grandmaster Mesgen Amanov, and Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan.
• Started at a USCF (United States Chess Federation) rating of 996 in 2009 and jumped up to a whopping rating of 1900+ in 2011. That is a feat of a superfluous magnitude because I have met or know of no one in my entire chess career who has gained 900+ rating points in one year.
Teaching Style
Easy to Understand, Fun, and Energetic.
My Hobbies
List of Sports/Activities in Respect to Level-of-Skill: Gaming, Chess, Ping Pong, Soccer, Strength-Training, Networking, Programming, Photography, Video Editing, Bowling, Beat-Boxing, and Juggling.