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Note to Parents:
Coaches Krista, Arthur, Joshua, James, Jeff, JT, and Corey have been background checked by Hillsborough Country Schools. Coaches Krista and Arthur have additional background checks from Berkeley Prep, Westlake Christian School, Idlewild Baptist Church, St Marks Episcopal Church, and Citrus Park Ministries. As parents ourselves, our top priority is the safety for our children and yours! |
Krista was an active member of our local elementary school where our boys attended. In 2011, Coach Willard Taylor started a chess club, and Krista quickly became the club chess mom. Coach Taylor recognized her talent for children and hired her for his local tournaments. In 2012, Krista teamed up with Corey Acor, (a National Master Level Coach) to work with him in his schools. In 2014, Coach Corey and Coach Krista started "West Tampa Rated" Chess Tournaments. Over the years their partnership ran 45 US Chess rated tournaments.
In January 2015, Coaches Krista and Arthur officially launched "Alton Academy 4 Chess" and hired their sons Joshua and James as assistant coaches. With love and passion for students their Chess company continued to grow. Alton Academy 4 Chess started running their own chess clubs at Westlake Christian School, Roland Park Magnet School, Trinity Homeschool Academy, and Hillsborough Academy of Math and Science. In 2018, Alton Academy 4 Chess launched "Tampa Bay Rated" Chess Tournaments. Coach Jeff was hired as a tournament director and coach. Also in 2018, Coaches Krista and Arthur were hired by US Chess to work National Chess tournaments. In 2019, Krista was elected to serve on the board of the Florida Chess Association.
Today, Alton Academy 4 Chess survived the hard years when Covid shut down their chess business. We are now thriving once again. We lead 9 chess clubs in schools in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. We also teach 3 Zoom classes, a small group night class and run monthly US Chess Rated tournaments. In 2021, we hired Coach JT Martin, and Coaches Joshua and James became lead coaches running their own chess programs. In 2022, more schools were added, and Alton Academy 4 Chess is stronger than ever.
Since 2018 Coaches Arthur and Krista have worked 2 National Events a year!
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Coaches Arthur and Krista are so proud of all their students who attended Nationals!!!
We had 38 students in attendance! We were most excited with all the students who attended Nationals for the 1st time!!! ... Ethan Tyler, Addison Rowe, Easton Rowe, Jailyn Johnson, Alessandro Aledo, Roly Rodriguez Saatvik Dasari, Sanjeev Premkumar, Eric Huang, Kate McDonough, Kai Edgerton, Oscar Wrobleski, and Zachary Hudson |
Meet Our Chess Coaches
Coach Krista Alton
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Coach Arthur Alton
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Coach Jeff Hitchlock
Lives in Pinellas County and is available for private Lessons 
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Coach Joshua Alton
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Since 2017, Coaches Joshua and James have won money several times at the Southern Open in Orlando ....... Winning from $50 - $400
Coach James Alton
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In almost all Coach James' pictures he is wearing his lucky hoodie ...
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Coach JT Martin
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Coach JT is presenting a 1st place team trophy to the principal of Roland Park Magnet School - 2022
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National Master Corey Acor
To Contact Coach Corey go to Contact page...
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Coach Missy ...
Don't mess with her Chess game!
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2021 HARVEY LERMAN
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Coaches Arthur and Krista worked as Tournament Directors. We also ran the chess supplies store and we built the trophies. Our sons Coach Joshua and Coach James played in a higher division and gain rating points.
Biggest State Tournament EVER, 244 Players Participated!!!
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