Steven Wendell Lee is the second of six children of Delores Allman, born in Morristown, TN, and was raised in Knoxville, TN. At the age of nine, he received his first chess set from his great Aunt Inez Lauderback. It was not until his high school days that he started to read and study chess books. Steven started teaching chess in schools and organizations around the year 2001. He has taught youth from Knoxville, TN, to Toledo, Ohio, and has seen, firsthand, positive effects of chess on young minds such as giving them confidence and structure in their lives.
Steven uses chess in his daily work tasks to elevate situations, prioritize tasks, and figure the best strategies to perform or reach a certain goal(s) or come close to reaching a certain production goal. Chess is simply developing an ongoing strategy or constantly refining a strategy until you have a winning solution or plan to achieve a goal.
Steven hopes to encourage young people through this book to enter tournaments for cash prizes and for them to see if they can take chess to another level of play; they can reap the rewards and benefits from the game, not just honors that can help finance or assist in financing their way through higher learning.