Raymond Goudeau, Jr
Vice Chairman of the Board
The Chess Academy proudly welcomes our newest board member, Raymond J. Goudeau Jr. Ray is Executive Board Member of United States Postal Carriers Union, a decorated Military Intelligence Veteran and 16 year United States Postal Service employee. He is the Submission Writer for New Orleans Data NewsWeekly, North Shore Food Bank Voulnteer, the humble yet proud parent of Raymond J. Goudeau III (RGIII) a strong advocate for the legacy of The Chess Academy – “The impossible becomes possible when the accepted becomes unacceptable.”
Grand Master - Timur Gareev
Coach/Adviser/Lecturer
GM – Timur Gareev, rating 2780, is a chess Grandmaster from Uzbekistan, extremely funny, open and free with advice to the team members of The Chess Academy. Timur in a 10 person blind chess simul in Houston, defeated all of the Knights he faced. Timur was a part of the University of Texas at Brownsville’s Chess Team where he helped the University obtain its first National Championship. In 2011 he won the 20th Annual Chicago Open and the 11th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational tournament, US Open, World Open, LA International in the year 2011, and recent Land of the Sky 2012. Met The Knights at The US Open in Houston and met up again in 2011 at The Texas K -12 and Collegiate at the Houston Hilton Hobby where he admittedly “crashed a wedding” the night before and was victorious the following day, ranked in the Top 100 in the world.
Coach and Grand Master Julio Sadorra
Adviser/Coach
The Chess Academy welcomes our newest Grand Master to the team, GM Julio Sadorra. “The Sensation” earned his final GM norm a few years ago crushing opponents with his King’s Indian defense in as far away as U.A.E.The United Arab Emirates. Sadorra who was born in the Philippines is now a senior on The UT Dallas Chess team has more chess accolades than even “The Dark Knight” can count. This extremely personable chess aficionado is almost too nice off the board to battle so fiercely on the chess board. He will complete his degree in Applied Math this year. Look out, TCA has one of the most powerful weapons at our disposal, Grand Master Julio “The Sadorra Sensation.”