| Hal Bogner is a USCF Life Master with over 25 years of experience producing chess software and online services for chessplayers.
Prior to launching Chess Magnet, Mr. Bogner served as general manager of the Internet Chess Club and as executive producer of ICC's Chess.FM subsidiary. Mr. Bogner produced the acclaimed chess game Kasparov's Gambit for Electronic Arts, as well as the chessplaying component of the award-winning Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess.
Twenty years ago Mr. Bogner introduced ChessBase to the US market, and in 1989, he co-founded Chess Laboratories to bring numerous study tools to market, including BookUp 7, Zarkov, ChessReader, and the now-standard Linares chess fonts.
Mr. Bogner has organized and directed over 100 chess tournaments, and received the title of International Arbiter from FIDE in 1983. He twice served as president of the Southern California Chess Federation, and has taught and written about chess extensively.
As a high school student, Mr. Bogner earned a National Merit Scholarship, which he believes he owes to the discipline of being a tournament chess competitor.
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Marty Hirsch, a former NASA engineer, has been developing chess software since 1986. He has won many awards, including World Champion titles, for his chess-playing software. He also has an award from NASA for contributing to the success of Voyager.
As Chief Technical Officer for the World Chess Network, Mr. Hirsch designed and developed one of the world's most user-friendly Internet chess locations.
Mr. Hirsch has publications in Mathematics Magazine and Advances in Computer Games 9, and has designed and produced software products in the aerospace, aviation, security, entertainment and education industries.
Chess Magnet is also a provider of technical solutions to several partner organizations:
During 2007, we developed a new web site for the United States Chess Federation.
Also during 2007, we produced an interactive Chess Viewer for use by The New York Times.
During 2006, Chess Magnet produced a free program, Learn to Play Chess, for the "New to Chess?" section of the United States Chess Federation web site.
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Harlan Lee is a USCF Senior Master and a professional educator who has been teaching chess to children for nearly 25 years. During these years, Mr. Lee has managed over 20 scholastic programs in Arizona and Washington. His after school programs have taught chess to thousands of students. His school teams have won numerous state and national titles.
Mr. Lee, who is a USCF certified coach, has personally trained 7 national champions and over 25 students achieving the top 50 national list for their age group. Mr. Lee has also coached players internationally for the 1992 US All Star Team during the World Youth Championship and the 1991 National Scholastic Championship Team's European tour.
As a tenured professor and college administrator in Bellevue Washington, Mr. Lee specializes in learning and instruction, academic achievement, and distance education. He holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, a Masters degree in Counseling and a Masters degree in Education with a concentration in curriculum design and instruction. Mr. Lee is also currently serving on the USCF Chess and Education Committee. His chess curriculum has been used by America's Foundation for Chess, Chess4kids, and ChessMate Academy.
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