International Women’s Grandmaster (WGM)

Elena Donaldson

Rated 2400+ USCF

Three Times US Women’s Champion

Two Time Russia Women’s Champion

Two Times World Women Olympic Champion

Runner-up for the World Championship title in 1986.

Elena learned chess from the World’s best chess players, including Russian World Champions: Grandmasters V.Smyslov, M. Botwinnik, G.Kasparov, A.Karpov, B. Spasski, D. Bronstein.

As a teenager Elena studied chess in the chess school in Moscow with many young players who later became world’s top players, such G. Kasparov and A.Karpov. She used her experience to advance to the final match for the Women’s World Championship Title.

Elena has worked with private students for many years. Achievements of Elena’s students are quite significant and consistent year after year. Over last few years several students won the Tournament of Champions, and dozens qualify into TOC every year. Sam Meisner, a 3^rd grader from the King’s School in Shoreline won the K-3 Tournament of Champions 2007.

Winners of TOC (2004-2007), Elena’s students: Nicholas Orlov, Dakota Dixon, Daniel Ho, Sam Meisner.

International Master (IM)
Georgi Orlov

1994 US Open Champion

Rated 2575 USCF

• Canadian Open Co-Champion, 1999
• US Open Champion, 1994
• Western States Open Champion, 1991
• Keres Memorial Champion - 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
• Six Times Washington State Champion, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999
• Four Years Degree in Chess Education, from the Moscow (Russia).

Author of opening monograph “Black Knights Tango”, First Edition, ICE, 1993, Second Edition, Batsford Ltd., London, 1998.

Author of many articles about chess published in “Chess Life”, “Inside Chess”, “New in Chess” (Holland) Chess Informant (Yugoslavia) and others magazines.

 Georgi led Villa Academy and Seattle Country Day teams to Washington State Championship titles in 1995-1996. Georgi organizes and teaches Summer Chess camps in Seattle since 1995.

One of Georgi’s students, Michael Omori, won the recent Tournament of Champions 2007 in 4-6 grades. Michael Lee who worked with Georgi for more than a year, recently reached the level of Chess Master.

Elena and Georgi run Summer Chess Camps www.chessplayer.com/camps2007.htm