User:Rene' Warren Phillips

Rene' Warren Phillips "Brains and Brawn!"

About the Author Rene’ Phillips awarded National Chess Master Title in 1983.

Received “Top Cop” award from Janet Reno 1996

Won WABDL World Powerlifting Championship Police and Fire Division with World Record Bench press of 505lbs 1999

Win over US Chess Champ Gabriel Schwartzman published in the internationally read Chess Life Magazine

2009 was a stellar year in chess highlighting Coach Rene’s return to competitive chess play and coaching in Louisiana.

Coach Rene’s 2009 Chess Accomplishments:

Trained 3 students to National Titles with 5 others finishing top 10

Trained 1 student to World Chess Puzzle Title

Trained 4 students who won local state tournaments with perfect scores

Won the Louisiana G/30 Championship with a perfect 5 wins-0 loses

Won the Super Nationals Coach Championship perfect 4 wins-0 loses

Won the Louisiana G/60 Championship with a perfect 4wins-0 loses

Won the Louisiana G/10 Championship with a perfect 4wins-0 loses

1st person Awarded Life title Certified Professional Chess Coach by USCF Chess

1st Louisiana tri-chess title holder in same calendar year

Hired by “Hungry Rabbit Jumps” to choreograph and instruct a famous chess game for actor Nicholas Cage for one of the movie’s chess scenes

2010 Accomplishments

01/2010 Rene' wins Land of the Sky Blitz Open Chess Championship tieing with FM Ron Simpson

02/2010 Rene' wins Houston Southern Open Chess Tournament under 2200 division

http://sites.google.com/site/louisianachess/news/phillipscaveneyclaimtitlesatlag10andg15championships

Author of popular instructional Chess Videos

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