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web site offering expert chess coaching. Services offered are
private or group lessons, lessons on the internet, lectures, game annotations, and
simultaneous exhibitions. I also work with schools to help
start or improve their school chess program. If you have
any questions please drop me a note, by clicking on the link
below. I teach adult as well as scholastic chess players.
I am Zeb
Fortman II. After a 33 year career at IBM, I am living my dream
of being
Winning chess coach of the K-5 Missouri States Championship: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ...
"When you take action in a consistent way to get a result that you are committed to, you will reach your goal." -Zebism
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a
full-time chess coach. I am also Executive Director of the Kansas City Regional
Chess Council (KCRCC),
Director of the
Rockhurst Community Chess Camp,
Instructor for the Rockhurst Community Chess Club, and Program
Director for the “Be
Your Best Play Chess” (BYBPC) program
which has started its 6th year of operation and will be in 15
schools in the greater Kansas City Area during the 2005/2006
school year.
By applying
the system I teach, a student can achieve quick and steady
improvement. Saving years of trial and error. Many students, I
have coached have won State, Regional and National titles. I
have been coaching over 20 years and playing in tournaments
since 1967. I maintained a USCF Expert rating for over a decade
while playing on a regular basis, reaching a high of 2122 USCF
in 1988. I have won the Missouri State Class A (“84) and
Missouri State Expert (“95) titles, and in 1972 I played on a
team representing the United States against Russia. Please
check out my student honor roll. Thanks for stopping by.
