Mom of three beautiful, smart, funny and amazing daughters. Wife to the smartest person I know, who is doing amazing things at the University of the Pacific.
I'm originally a chemist, did research in analytical and clinical chemistry for 10+ years. Then life brought me into this amazing chess world, and I soon became interested in organizing and arbitering. I'm currently holding a NTD and IA-C arbiter title, and have organized hundreds of events!
At chess.com, I'm excited to work with several chess communities, including OTB clubs, titled players, coaches, bloggers, and players at all levels with any and all interest!
To reach out to me, email is the best way: [email protected]!
I got home Sunday (Jan 5) late night from Charlotte, NC, where I was fortunate to be part of the arbiter team of the 2025 PanAms organized by the Charlotte Chess Center! Read my reflections here, here and here! Back at work on Monday and I got a...
As part of this new way to document all the fun stuff I'm doing as a chess arbitress, I would like to discuss some of the cases and rulings that happened at the event.This will be the last part of the series I posted about the 2025 PanAms that hap...
As I promised, here comes the second part of my tale of the 2025 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championship. If you missed Part 1, read that first! I have so many thoughts regarding the event this year, and the event in general, hard to deci...
Arbiters always have one or two favorite events, for me PanAms is definitely one of them! It's the annual College Team Championship, with many familiar names from the titled players community, either there as players or as coaches. I simpl...
Hi Everyone, My name is Judit Sztaray, living in California. I'm a National Tournament Director (US Chess rank), and an International Arbiter (FIDE rank, just received my Category C). I have decided to document my journey as chess arbiter and ...
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