284: Chess4Life with Elliott Neff

Elliott is the Founder and CEO of Chess4Life, a platform that teaches kids critical thinking skills, problem-solving, EQ, and other important life lessons through chess.Elliott earned the National Master in Chess title mostly through dedicated self-study, and he holds the Professional Chess Coaching Certification Level V — the highest awarded certification by the United State Chess Federation (USCF).Numbers wise, Chess4Life has 70+ employees and they’ve trained over 10,000 students and also have been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies.He has also written a book, A Pawn’s Journey: Transforming Lives One Move at a Time, which shares true-life stories of students he’s encountered over his 20+ years of coaching chess, whose lives have been significantly changed for the better by chess.Websitewww.chess4life.comSocial Media Informationtwitter.com/Chess4LifeLLCwww.facebook.com/Chess4Life/YouTubeShow SponsorThe National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. Get a FREE e-copy of their professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal