Jonathan Rasberry is a husband and father who now makes chess teaching his full-time occupation! He has coached chess since 2015, leading multiple students to state scholastic championships. Two of his students have won a national girls’ team championship. In 2021, Jonathan founded the Rasberry Chess Academy in Montgomery, Alabama. He teaches after-school classes, hosts camps, and directs monthly scholastic chess tournaments. In now just his second school year alone, over 300 kids in eight schools participated in his classes.Jonathan is a candidate chess master with a peak USCF rating of over 2100 and has won three Alabama state championships. He served as the president of the Alabama Chess Federation for over three years. He helped organize and promote chess across Alabama, resulting in tremendous growth in tournament participation. Jonathan is also an eagle scout and licensed CPA. When not working in chess, he loves playing with his one-year-old son and spending any extra time (which isn’t much!) reading and playing tennis or golf.Jonathan has a passion for chess and the benefits it brings to young minds who pursue it. He will continue growing chess locally, especially scholastic chess, with the aim to help train tomorrow’s thinkers, one move at a time.