Home Chess Jigsaw Puzzles Board Games Search : for The Fianchetto to Nowhere⦠November 29 by brody No Comments Tags : chess chess club chess tournaments erik czerwin teaching chess Allow me to introduce myself my name is Erik , the players call me Coach Czerwin , and Iâ m a high school teacher. I stumbled into coaching chess as a side project my first year teaching. I picked up the game as a hobby during my student teaching , and at my first school , I was given an assignment to teach a âfunâ class once a week. With my newfound hobby , I had no other ideas. I taught students how pieces moved , some basic tactics , and that was it. I knew nothing of openings , combinations , or actually coaching students. My lessons were ripped from the same software program I had used