Chess4Life Chess Coaches
Brad Stensland
Brad Stensland is currently a coach at Chess4Life. He has been teaching chess for a number of years. He joined the Snoqualmie Elementary School chess club as a second grader in 1987 when nobody in his family would play any games with him. He played second board from eighth grade through his junior year at Mount Si High School when he moved up to first board. He was undefeated on Board One as a senior and was in a three way tie for second place his senior year in Washington State’s High School Individual Tournament. With tiebreaks he ended up fifth in the state.
In his free time, Brad enjoys playing almost any sport including soccer, golf, basketball and chess. He also likes to go snowboarding, hiking and fishing with his friends.