Coaching by Norman Stephenson
Players who are seeking coaching in chess as well as academic subjects such as mathematics, sciences and certain languages (Spanish, French and German) via Skype or e-mail should contact Norman here.
Norman has won the Teesside Championship many times, the British Veterans Championship twice and has been a highly successful English Youth trainer.
Academic qualifications are : CEng MSC HND (Met) CDipAF Grad Cert Ed MIQA MIMM.
Examples of players coached are:
|
name |
coached/ratings |
academic interests |
chess interests |
| Jay
Stockham (b. 1982) |
from: 1994 (138) to: 2000 (174) (no Chess since 2001) |
1st Class Hons (Cantab Law) [ QC/Yarm Head Boy] |
Captain of England v. Norway & France 1997 |
| Bret
Addison (b. 1981) |
from: 1996 (127) to: 2001 (196) (Jan 2017 = 202) |
BSc (Biotech) Durham Uni [Data Analyst] |
England Boys Glorney Cup 1998 |
| David
Eggleston (b. 1987) |
from: 2000 (92) to: 2007 (195) (Jan 2018 = 234) |
BA (Fin & Acc) Durham Uni [ chess pro IM] |
England Boys Glorney Cup 2003 & 2004 |
| Thomas
Eggleston (b. 1987) |
from: 2000 (102) to: 2007 (186) (Jan 2014 = 211) |
BA (Business) Lancaster Uni [chess pro FM)] |
England Boys Glorney Cup 2003 & 2004 |
| Tom Mavin (b. 1996) |
from: 2004 (95) to: 2005 (102) |
BSc (Maths/Stats) Imperial College Yarm Head Boy |
England Boys U-12s 2007 |
| Edward
Farrington (b. 1989) |
from: 2004 (62) to: 2008 (156) (Jan 2017 = 194) |
BA (Anthropology) Oxford [lecturer: Lille Uni] |
England Squad vs Czech Rep 2007 |
| Matthew
Cornford (b. 1990) |
from: 2004 (120) to: 2009 (172) (Jan 2014 = 184) |
BA 1st Class Hons (Oxon Classics) [HM Treasury] |
England Squad vs Poland 2007 |
| Chantal
Sirisena (b. 1988) |
from: 2005 (117) to: 2006 (150) |
UCL (subject ?) |
England Girls Faber Trophy 2005 |
| Niall
Garner (b. 1998) |
from: 2009 (117) to: 2014 (149) |
Manchester Uni (MMath) |
England Squad U-14s 2013 |
| Yash Gulve (b. 2001) |
from: 2014 (92) to: 2018 (128) |
Yarm School 6th Form Economics, Maths and German |
North of England versus Scotland & Wales |
| Ajay
Selvan (b. 2008) |
from: 2017 (-) to: 2018 (-) |
Yarm School Yr 6 (Ajay was 1st in the scholarship bursary into Senior School) |
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