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