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Life Master
Larry Englebretson
USCF Rated 2204
Coach Larry is head of the Houston
Chess Club, has been the Houston City Champion a number of times, and
has taught both children and adults for many years. Besides T.
H. Rogers, he coaches at the Village School and at Annunciation
Orthodox School. He coaches for us every Tuesday at Chess Club
and he teaches chess every Friday morning to grades K - 3 during
school, as well as the 8th period Middle School chess enrichment class
on Wednesday, and our Wednesday K-1 class after school.
Coach Larry also teaches and coaches with us each summer. |
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Master
David John
USCF Rated 2304
Coach David was a
4-time Member of the All-American Chess Team (1998-2001), 5-time Texas
State Scholastic Champion and helped lead his teams (Lanier Middle
School and Bellaire High School) to five Texas State Scholastic Team
Championships. He represented Texas three times at the Denker
Tournament of State High School Champions and was the winner of the
event in 2000. He began teaching in our program 2 years ago.
He now coaches with us year round. In addition to the Tuesday
chess club, he teaches the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after
school classes, and comes to our tournaments to provide game analysis. |
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Life Master
Clarence Yeung
USCF Rated 2218
Coach Clarence was the
founder of the Houston Chess Club and has won many titles including
the
Houston City
Championship, Texas State Team Championship, and National G15
Championship. He has taught adults and children for many years.
He is currently coaching in a number of schools and programs including
West University Elementary, the Honor Roll School, Yorkshire Academy,
and the Crystal Learning Center in Sugarland. |
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Master
Jeff Ashton USCF
Rated 2262
Coach Jeff has twice been the
Michigan Junior Champion. He enjoys teaching at chess
camps, which he has done a lot. He has taught at the Klein Chess
Camp for the past 3 summers. He has also taught at the Castle
Chess Camp in Indiana, and Whitewater in Wisconsin. For several
years he has taught
private chess students in the Dallas area. He has a black belt
in Tae Kwon Do. Jeff graduated with honors last year from the
University of Texas at Dallas, where he had a full chess scholarship.
He moved to Houston this past January and began teaching chess at T. H. Rogers
then. He works with the Tuesday club and teaches one of the
Friday advanced classes. |
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Neph Diaz
USCF Rated 1816
Coach Neph is
a Nursing student and a top Bughouse player. His Bughouse
accomplishments include:
2000 U.S. Team East Bughouse Champion,
2000 Texas State Bughouse Champion,
2001 U.S. Team East Bughouse
Co-Champion, 2003 U.S. Team
East Bughouse Runner-Up, 2004 National Open Bughouse Champion,
2005 Texas State & Collegiate Open Bughouse Champion and has been
the strongest Houston Bugger since 2000. Neph also
teaches Bughouse online and has been ranked #1 with a rating of
2500+. Coach Neph joins us every Tuesday at Chess Club and teaches
one of our Wednesday classes. |
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