Prairie View Hobbies

Prairie View Hobbies is a club/organization dedicated to expanding chess across Illinois by offering club organization, chess instruction, and coordinating both rated and unrated tournaments and events statewide.

Erik is the Owner of Prairie View Hobbies, an organization committed to spreading chess across Illinois through club development, instruction, and statewide tournament organization. He is a certified tournament director with the US Chess Federation (USCF) and holds the designation of Senior Tournament Director (as of October 2022). In addition to running Prairie View Hobbies, Erik joined the national chess organization US Chess in 2025 as an Assistant Director of Events, where he helps plan and execute large scale national chess events.

Host: KeunAe Choe