IM Greg Shahade, Founder & President
IM Greg Shahade playing a casual game of speed chess in Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.
Greg Shahade is an international master, chess coach and founder of the U.S. Chess School.
Shahade founded the Chess School in 2006 to provide the nation's top young chess talents with high-level, intensive training from the some of the best coaches in the country.
"At the time, there weren't any organizations that offered this level of training for free to promising young players," Shahade said. "These players work incredibly hard, and they deserve opportunities to improve their game with the help of great coaches. The Chess School also give students the chance to meet other players like themselves, forming relationships that will last beyond their camp, and, ideally, strengthen the community of strong players across the country."
A native of Philadelphia, Shahade had a distinguished scholastic career, highlighted by three national championships: tying for first in the 1993 National Junior High School Championship and the 1996 National High School Championship, and winning the 1996 United States Junior Open outright. At Julia Masterman School, Shahade was the leading scorer when the team won their first of four National High School Chess Championships.
In 1999, Shahade earned the prestigious Samford Fellowship, awarded by the U.S. Chess Trust to the top U.S. prospect under the age of 25.
In addition to creating the U.S. Chess School, Shahade is founder and commissioner of the the U.S. Chess League, the only professional chess league in the United States, with teams in 16 cities in the United States.
Since 2011, he has coached the chess team at his alma mater, Masterman School. In 2013, their team won the national middle school championship, a first for the school in over a decade. The following year, they took home top prize once again.
Shahade founded the New York Masters in Manhattan and served on the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation. To hear more from Shahade, read his articles at Chess Life Online, where he is a regular contributor, and check out his free instructional chess videos on his YouTube channel.
Shahade founded the Chess School in 2006 to provide the nation's top young chess talents with high-level, intensive training from the some of the best coaches in the country.
"At the time, there weren't any organizations that offered this level of training for free to promising young players," Shahade said. "These players work incredibly hard, and they deserve opportunities to improve their game with the help of great coaches. The Chess School also give students the chance to meet other players like themselves, forming relationships that will last beyond their camp, and, ideally, strengthen the community of strong players across the country."
A native of Philadelphia, Shahade had a distinguished scholastic career, highlighted by three national championships: tying for first in the 1993 National Junior High School Championship and the 1996 National High School Championship, and winning the 1996 United States Junior Open outright. At Julia Masterman School, Shahade was the leading scorer when the team won their first of four National High School Chess Championships.
In 1999, Shahade earned the prestigious Samford Fellowship, awarded by the U.S. Chess Trust to the top U.S. prospect under the age of 25.
In addition to creating the U.S. Chess School, Shahade is founder and commissioner of the the U.S. Chess League, the only professional chess league in the United States, with teams in 16 cities in the United States.
Since 2011, he has coached the chess team at his alma mater, Masterman School. In 2013, their team won the national middle school championship, a first for the school in over a decade. The following year, they took home top prize once again.
Shahade founded the New York Masters in Manhattan and served on the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation. To hear more from Shahade, read his articles at Chess Life Online, where he is a regular contributor, and check out his free instructional chess videos on his YouTube channel.
