Meet the Team
The Pittsburgh Chess Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to chess education and promoting chess in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. The club is an entirely volunteer organization. We cannot thank our volunteers enough for their sacrifice, dedication, and reliability.
Board of Directors

Joshua Arabia
President
Team Manager (PCL)

Patrick Barron
Vice President
Deputy Treasurer
Club Technologist

Miles McCoy
Treasurer

Cole Risbon
Secretary

Mark Jeromin
Tournaments
Club Technologist
Instructor

Edward Dean
Deputy Treasurer
2024 Club Champion
Instructor

Samuel Timmons
Director
Club Steward

Zachary Thompson
En Passant Editor
Club Steward
Club Librarian

Colin Henchy
Director
Director of Education
Our Staff

Steve O'Connor

FM Bruce Leverett

Eric Chang
Club Steward

William Murtha
Club Steward

Justin Glover
Club Steward
Club Librarian
Club Technologist

Davis Hill
Club Instructor

Roy Provins
Club Steward
Club Librarian

Peter Jansen

Dylan Howery
Club Steward

Greg Thomas

David Falk
Club Instructor

GM Alex Shabalov
Instructor
Coach

GM Bryan Smith
Instructor
Coach

Chris Coleman
Online Tournament Organizer
Additional thanks to...
We would also like to thank others who have recently volunteered their time and/or equipment to the club over the years:
- Greg Thomas
- Jules Coulson
- Alex Grattery
- Li Jiang
- Dmitri Koval
- Keith Glanville
- Tyler Smith
- Joseph Pleso
- Sam Kinkus
- Finn Øverlie
- Yisrael Isaacson
- Kenneth Harper
- CM Edgar Luis Colon Melendez
- Owen Arabia
- Seth Davis
- Charles Kiesling
- Bradley Taylor
- Elliot Fraser
- Ralph Moffat
- Yaroslav Bezghin
- Chintala Yashasvi Yadav
- Krishnaraj Pawooskar
- Peter Lu
- NM Jeffrey Quirke
- Kian Patel
- Jason Anfang
- Bill Beilstein
- Tyler Petit
- Daniel Kolich
- NM Franklin Chen
- Melih Ozbek
- Ilana Udler
- Baiming Liu
- James Shirley
- Matt Bradley
- Matthew Lundberg
- Sasha Rozovsky
- Walter Angell
- FM Bruce Leverett
- GM Alexander Shabalov
- Tom Fort
- IM Milos Stankovic
- Ryan Leverett
- Keith Robben
- Nicho Athanassiou
- Avi Teitelbaum
- Travis McKenna
- John Andrew Kopay
- GM Bryan Smith
- NM Jerry Meyers
- FM Gabriel Petesch
- NM Boyd Reed
- Shane Barrett
- CM Michael Opaska
- Ashley Priore
- Jeff Schragin
- NM Joe Winwood
- NTD Sam Shoykhet
- Paul Cantalupo
- NM Evan Park
- Sean Evans
- CM Narkeeran Narasimhan
- NM Madhavan Narkeeran
- NM Thomas Magar