Chess, Guns, and Roses

Chess, Guns, and Roses

It’s 1985. Somewhere, on the outskirts of beautiful St. Petersburg, Russia, stands tall an apartment building. Somewhere in that building lives an ordinary family – father, mother and a 5-year-old son, Alexander. They call him Sasha, or Sashka. He likes doing most things that every 

Raising A Chess Champion

Raising A Chess Champion

Growing up as a competitive chess player, I was certain that once I had my own children I would surely turn them into chess champions. They would be the improved, better, stronger versions of me! I was inspired by the stories of the Polgar sisters