Instructors

Candidate Master

Tim Steiner
USCF rating - 2121    USCF
FIDE rating -   2131    FIDE

State rank - #4             Link

• Been playing competitive chess for 23 years
• Been teaching chess for 12 years
• Top 98th percentile of all players in the US
• State of Kansas Champion in 2000
• Kansas Scholastic State Co-Champion in 1991
• Placed 12th overall out of 500 at National High School Championships in 1990
• Was a member of scholastic team (S.M. West) that holds the record for most consecutive 1st place finishes and most 1st place finishes for a season in the state of Kansas
• Bachelor's degree in Biology from Kansas State University
• Former Co-President of Kansas Chess Association
• Check out his latest performances and some games.
• Defeated 2-time US Champion and International Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky
• Defeated Current reigning Women's World Champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk in simul
• Has coached 9 teams to MO state titles
• Has coached 3 scholastic state individual champions
  

Class B Amateur

Curtis Hartman
USCF rating - 1744 

State rank - #28           Link

• Been a player for 12 years
• 2002-3:  Ranked among the top five high school players in Kansas
• 2004:  Became a certified chess coach by the United States Chess Federation (USCF) and completed a professional training program for chess instructors
• 2005-6:  Worked for Northwest Arkansas Community College, Milwaukee Area Scholastic Chess Association to teach chess classes, chess clubs, and workshops
• 2007:  Conducted chess workshops for the Olathe Public Library
• 2008-10:  Opened the “Hartman Chess Center” in Olathe and was the senior instructor
• Has coached 4 state champions
• 2010:  Student Bryce Rogers won First Place in a division of over 300 players at the National Elementary Championship
• Top 30 player in state of Kansas
• Recognized as being the most influential in helping jumpstart Olathe’s chess community