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Chess Emporium, Phoenix, AZ www.chessemporium.com
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contact: Karagianis@gmail.com
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Bio: NM Pete Karagianis
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Titles |
Notable Tournament Victories |
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USCF National Master, 2005 |
Billy Colias Master Invitational, 2005 |
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USCF Expert, 2003 |
Oklahoma Challengers Invitational, 2005 |
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Two-Time Iowa State Champion (2003, 2004) |
Illinois Master Tour, 2005-2006 |
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Iowa Junior Champion (2001) |
First Annual Ames Futurity, 2005 |
National Master Pete Karagianis was born in Peoria, Illinois, but has since played rated chess tournaments in 37 of the 50 United States. He is currently pursuing his FIDE Master title and resides in Phoenix, Arizona. He runs and maintains the chess_underground and his other chief passions include reading and writing various forms of literature as well as playing both soccer and basketball. He earned his National Master certificate in 2005 while attending Iowa State University.
Pete is available for online or in-person lessons. He offers online lessons on the Internet Chess Club (www.chessclub.com) and "Chess-Live" (www.chesshall.org) servers. In-person lessons are available in the Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and surrounding areas by appointment. Contact Karagianis@gmail.com to arrange lesson details.
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Schools Coached |
Notable Camps/Lectures |
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Fellows Elementary, 2003, 2005-2006 |
State Farm/Twin Cities Chess Club Lecturer, 2005, 2006 |
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Saint Francis of Assissi, 2003-2004 |
Joliet Junior College Club Lecturer/Exhibitioner, 2005 |
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Ankeny High School, 2004-2006 |
Blooming Normal Area Scholastic Chess Instructor, 2005 |
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Iowa State University Club President, 2003-2004 |
Founder, Peoria Academy Chess Camp, 2005 |
NM Karagianis, or "Coach K," is an experienced Chess Instructor in both the camp, club lecture, classroom, or one-on-one setting. His scholastic students have competed successfully in national and local tournaments. His adult students range from the rating of 800 to expert strength and one even managed to place highly at the HB Global Chess Challenge in May of 2005.
Pete
Karagianis also served as a board member for the Iowa State Chess
Association Board of Directors for three years and is currently serving as
editor for the Illinois Chess Bulletin, the official publication of the
Illinois chess Association.
He has founded several clubs and camps, including the Peoria Academy Chess Camp, which is still held every summer at Peoria Academy, and the Frederiksen Court Chess Club, in Ames, Iowa, which produced a State Championship-winning team in 2002. You can currently find him participating in clubs across the Phoenix area, including the Valley Chess Club (http://www.valleychess.org/) and the Chess Emporium Action events (www.chessemporium.com). He also plays online on FICS, Chess-Live, ICC, and Playchess.com. You can reach him at Karagianis@gmail.com for any correspondence.
A large number of his annotated games appear on chessunderground.org, but you can also find many other .pgn files on various online databases, including chessbase.com and chessgames.com, which you can access by following the links directly to the left.
Below you can find places to visit of interest, including both national and international chess federations. Please also visit www.nachess.org for all action and live blog updates in the North American Chess sphere.
National Master Pete
Karagianis
Editor, Illinois Chess Bulletin
Editor, North American Chess Review
Professional
Chess Trainer
Available for Lecture or Simultaneous Exhibition
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