Chess4Life Chess Coaches

Brian Opalewski

is an avid chess player with 6 years of experience teaching in elementary schools.  He loves helping kids learn the game of chess and ardently believes that students derive benefits that go well beyond how they play the game itself.  Brian emphasizes home study and competitive play, along with good sportsmanship.  The main focus of his efforts are to cultivate an enjoyment of the game and a desire to learn new ideas everyday.

Brian has many diverse interests, such as photography, music performance, history and philosophy.  His library boasts over 2000 books ranging from Anthropology and Biology to traffic safety and Zoology.  He also studies German and loves to read the classics in German. Brian has taught at: