A Guide to Help Scholastic Chess Players Avoid Mental and Physical Exhaustion During Tournaments

Train Like a Grandmaster

Armando Almase
Teachers on Fire Magazine
5 min readNov 16, 2020

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Photo by Michal Vrba

As I reflect on my years as a scholastic chess club coach for a private school, my focus was on chess etiquette, fundamentals, strategy, and tactics. What I realize now, but failed to recognize then, was the need to properly educate my students on nutrition…

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Armando Almase
Teachers on Fire Magazine

Husband, father, and friend. Analyst and storyteller. Licensed advocate and educator. Published book author. Former EMS professional and LEO.