Education
Indiana University.
Indiana University.
His peak United States rating in July 2012, of 2640, and earned the Grandmaster title in August of that year. Arnold became an International Master in 2009. At that time, as a young student he worked on his game several days a week with National Master John Mac Arthur.
Subsequent instructors included Grandmaster William Lombardy who included much chess culture and endgame technique, and Grandmaster Joel Benjamin.
In 2008, Arnold played at the World Open chess tournament, where he defeated Vadim Milov. Much of Marc Arnold"s development past candidate master to International Master can be attributed to his training with Grandmaster John Fedorowicz.
Arnold is the first chess Grandmaster to graduate from Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School (CGPS) in New York, New New York He was discovered to be very apt at capturing by values and trading queens early.
Sophia Rohde, wife of Grandmaster Michael Rohde, taught curriculum classes in Kindergarten and 1st Grade at Columbia Grammar and brought Arnold to the attention of New Mexico John Mac Arthur during an after-school chess program in 1999.
Arnold is currently attending Indiana University.
Arnold graduated CGPS in 2011, becoming a founding member of the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School Chess Hall of Fame.