WestMichiganChess.com Authors
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Carlito Agner is Michigan's newest master. Carlito studied way too many Kasparov games in his tender years, so he is condemned to an active, uncompromising style of play.
Eugene Brumley, a Chessian Expert from Grand Rapids, is digging into chess like never before, and finding treasures. He started playing at the age of 13 with a rating around 800 but quickly zoomed to higher levels, reaching Expert by 17. Now, nearly ten years later, he is again studying, playing, and dreaming chess (chess has even entered his wife's nighttime dreaming). Lately, while he pats his one-year-old son, Joseph, to sleep, tactics dance through his brain...
Andy Catlin, the 2007 Michigan Amateur champion, is a middle-aged player who believes it is not too late to become a master. More importantly, he believes that chess is a tool that can help make kids more successful. Read Andy's blog on chess improvement and his plans to beat Kevin Czuhai. Andy lives in Grand Haven with his wife and her cats and is coached by Tim McGrew.
Bennario Chapman is a chess fighter from Muskegon.
Kevin Czuhai is a life master who believes chess should be respected but not taken too seriously. His opponents often report that they were "up quite a bit of material" against Kevin then mysteriously lost in the early middle game.
Ian Edgerle is the 2009 Michigan High School co-champion.
Ben Finegold is an International Master and the top-rated player in the state of Michigan. He has kindly agreed to be a guest author here on West Michigan Chess!
Katy Ford is our site reporter, researcher, and chronicler. A bona fide newbie among local chess legends, Katy is determined to grow the active adult woman chess player population in west Michigan.
Stanley Jarosz is a former Michigan Amateur Champion. Stanley is very difficult to beat, especially in "classical time control" games. Kevin Czuhai has praised Stanley for his unparalled-in-West-Michigan understanding of how to successfully prosecute a minority attack.
Bethel McGrew is one of Michigan's strongest juniors and one of the top 100 16-year-olds and women in the nation. She has a habit of beating players who are at least four times her age, especially veteran players from the Battle Creek area. But we wouldn't want to name names.
Tim McGrew, the 2006 Michigan Co-Champion, is a highly regarded chess author, opening theoretician, and chess coach and a regular annotator for Michigan Chess. Tim swears that his style has been heavily influenced by the games of Akiba Rubinstein, but his friends suspect that means games like Rotlevi-Rubinstein, Lodz 1907, Belsitzman-Rubinstein, Warsaw 1917, and Rubinstein-Janowski, Marienbad 1925. On the other hand, maybe it's all just Morphy's fault.
Tony Palmer coaches nationally ranked junior players and is a frequent contributor to Michigan Chess.
Michael Schulte is our site's designated volunteer fireman. He commutes between Kalamazoo and Atlanta. Mike is also the current editor of West Michigan Chess Monthly, and would love to hear ideas that you have for improving the content!
Will Rhee is the "best A player on the planet," according to Michigan's number two active player, Bill Calton.
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Last modified at 11/10/2009 6:52 PM by Bethel McGrew
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