Besides myself, there are several other accomplished musicians who have a real gift for teaching chess. Many of these multi-talented individuals already work for the Torres Chess and Music Academy. One who does not yet work with us but I am definitely keeping an eye on is Nephtali Diaz.
Mr Diaz is “Houston’s only chess and trumpet professional,” which makes City of Houston very lucky to have such a talented individual in residence. Neph is a regular at Houston area chess tournaments and has paying trumpet gigs several times a month. Besides being accomplished in both chess and music, Nephtali has carved a niche in teaching a chess variant known as bughouse.
For the uninitiated, Bughouse is an extremely popular team chess game played with two boards and four people. Team mates sit adjacent to each other with one one partner using the white pieces while the other partner plays as black. When your partner captures a chess piece, he/she places it in front of your board and you can decide whether or not you want to place it on your own board as a turn or save it for later. If you chose not to “drop” the gifted piece you then must play a standard chess move. The action on both boards stops as soon as one player is checkmated.
If this sounds like fun you are correct. Bughouse is a blast to play. For more information on bughouse chess I suggest checking out www.BughouseMaster.com or attending one of Nephtali Diaz’s many lectures on the subject. Details on his next lecture are below:
Planning to play in the 2014 U.S. Junior Open or Not-A-Junior Open happening very soon in Houston July 11-13? Take a break from regular chess and drastically improve your Bughouse game by attending my power packed Bughouse seminar on Sat. evening and learn the SECRETS to becoming good at Bughouse while also improving your chess tactics! As a multi-national champion on the game including lectures at many chess events (including the 2014 American Open) and national lecturer featured in Chess Life magazine, it’s also an excellent way to prepare for the Bughouse tournament on Sat night. Visit my website for more info:www.BughouseMaster.com — Sign up for my lecture takes place on site and the lecture is from 530-630P Saturday, right before the side events — see you there!! Register for main event below.
http://chess.jliptrap.us/NJrOpen14.htm