Camp Coaching Staff

 

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.  He has been teaching chess at T. H. Rogers for 6 years now, and also coaches at the Village School.   Coach Larry also works with us each summer.

 

     
National Master Jeff Ashton USCF Rated 2267 
Coach Jeff has been teaching at T. H. Rogers for 5 years now.  He also works with the Village School, Bellaire High School, Pershing Middle School, and has a large number of private students.  He was twice the Michigan Junior Champion.  Besides ours and the Klein Chess Camp, he has also taught at the Castle Chess Camp in Indiana, and Whitewater in Wisconsin.   He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.  Jeff graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he had a full chess scholarship. 

     
National Expert John Hendrick USCF Rated 2188
Coach John has been with us 3 years now.  He was 1996 Texas Junior Co-Champion and 2004-2005 Winner of the San Antonio City Championship. He teaches in a number of programs and has private students from all over the city. He earned his B.S. in Psychology and B.A. Anthropology from Texas State University.
 

 

National Expert Justin Gardner USCF Rated 2165
Coach Justin has been working for us a couple of years.  He has many years of teaching experience, both school based and with private students. He also coaches at the Village School.  He holds over a dozen Mississippi State Chess titles, 2000 U S Game-30 Champion, 1999 Southern K-9 Champion.  He earned his degree in Economics from UT-Dallas, and was on the Chess Team. He was a key player on the 2005 US Amateur Team East Co-Champion Team, UTD-Orange.

 

 

National Master Jeffrey de Jesus USCF Rated 2202
Coach Jeffrey joined us this year.  He was 1996 Texas Junior Co-Champion and 2004-2005 Winner of the San Antonio City Championship. He teaches in a number of programs and has private students from all over the city. He earned his B.S. in Psychology and B.A. Anthropology from Texas State University.
 
   
     

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