About

	Saudin Robovic Our founder, Saudin Robovic, was born in Bosnia and is an international chess master. He moved to New York City in 1996 and immediately became involved in scholastic chess. When Saudin realized the need for a program like NyChessKids he developed it in 1999.
	Gary Ryan Gary is Harvard-educated in theology, and moved to New York City about 12 years ago from Mississippi. He taught chess for Chess-in-the-Schools for many years, and he has taught other chess programs in Manhattan and Brooklyn. This will be Gary’s third year with the NYChessKids family, and we have been lucky to have him.
	Nelson Dunn An experienced chessplayer, coach, and tournament director, Nelson taught for Chess-in-the-Schools for six years and has taken many scholastic chess teams to the Nationals. From 2004, Nelson has also been Assistant Manager of the Marshall Chess Club in Greenwich Village. In the 2005-2006 season, in addition to teaching chess, he will also be actively involved in directing NYChessKids tournaments.
	Gregory Cesar Gregory has been with NyChessKids since the start and has become one of our most sought after teachers. He hails from Haiti and has been in the city for more then 10 years. He is a student at Queens College and is studying music education. Besides his gift for music he is also extremely brilliant in chess, which is rare combination. He is a US National Chess Master and currently uses his gift to teach in several schools in the area.
	Joseph Shepard (Shep) This New York City native has worked with NyChessKids since its conception and is beloved by everyone here. He is one of our chess teachers and is also responsible for the sport activities during our camps. He is a chess book expert and is always researching new ones. During the camps, Shep will analyze famous games that chess masters have played in the past. The students love to sit around and listen to his unique interpretation of these games.
	André Harding André is a new chess instructor with NYChessKids. Previously, he was Assistant Manager of the Marshall Chess Club from 2003-2005. He is also an experienced USCF Senior Tournament Director and will be directing NYChessKids events this year. Academically, He has a B.A. cum laude in History from the Honors College of CUNY; most of my studies focused upon Early Modern Europe and the medieval Church.
	Peter Aravena Peter is also a newcomer to NyChessKids program, but has already made a name for himself. He is our assistant WebMaster and also a chess teacher. Peter is a very strong chess master. Along with these duties he will also analyze games and post them on the website.
	Anatoly Trubman Anatoly is an extremely famous chess teacher who teaches at Hunter School. He has long since supported the NyChessKids, but has just recently joined our team as a teacher. We are glad to have him on our team.
	Chris Charnin Chris has been teaching for 17 years in both the public and private schools, including the Bronx High School of Science, The Calhoun School and P. S. 75. He is the former Director of Teacher Training at Chess-in-the-Schools and has been actively involved with NYChessKids since its inception. A chess player all his life, Chris loves teaching the royal game to all students from kindergarten to adult.
	Chris Maksymowitch Chris is a very experienced teacher having taught chess for many years in both the public and private sector. He can teach beginners as well as advanced players. He has coached many national level players. He has a bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from The College of New Rochelle and also manages his own Real Estate portfolio. Lessons are designed with his student’s strengths and interests in mind and focus on solid fundamental knowledge and classical chess principles. His motto is: “Teaching, like chess, is an art.”
	Frank Fan Wu Frank is our head Webmaster for nychesskids.com. He originated from China, and has lived in New York City for more than 14 years. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Commmunication Design. He has been doing web design since 1998. He also is a great photographer, shoots most of events of NYChessKids.