The Tale Of The PRO League In One Sentence
My friend the Lion King, ever the grandiose Blockbuster Rockstar, told me, the Knight, in his usual Soprano voice, that despite usually just being a lowly Mechanic who Surfs the internet, to fulfill my Destiny "expect the enemy to fight like a Nomadic Direwolf with teeth as sharp as Stormbringers" and therefore I should Invent Dynamite, then use my Yoda Magic and my Gnomic stature to Gambit by laying in wait like a Cobra on a Tower only to become an Express Mover and come out from behind the Windmill to throw those sticks like a Hacker Penguin -- a Swashbuckling Blizzard of Snowballs, Raining down on the Dragons like a swarm of angry Mosquitos, not the size of Puffins or Cardinals or Sparrows, but instead like an Osprey with the nature of a ruthless Pawngrabber Ape, a Desperado Slugging for a Knockout, which will cause Kraken of their heads, giving them Migraines and slowing them to the speed of Leatherbacks, when I will celebrate becoming a Champion by eating Koeksisters and waiting to be promoted to Arch Bishop and for an official invitation to become a Chessbrah, as long as I take an oath not to become a Rat.
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Mike Klein began playing chess at the age of four in Charlotte, NC. In 1986, he lost to Josh Waitzkin at the National Championship featured in the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer." A year later, Mike became the youngest member of the very first All-America Chess Team, and was on the team a total of eight times. In 1988, he won the K-3 National Championship, and eventually became North Carolina's youngest-ever master. In 1996, he won clear first for under-2250 players in the top section of the World Open. Mike has taught chess full-time for a dozen years in New York City and Charlotte, with his students and teams winning many national championships. He now works at Chess.com as a Senior Journalist and at ChessKid.com as the Chief Chess Officer. In 2012, 2015, and 2018, he was awarded Chess Journalist of the Year by the Chess Journalists of America. He has also previously won other awards from the CJA such as Best Tournament Report, and also several writing awards for mainstream newspapers. His chess writing and personal travels have now brought him to 99 countries.
