Sam Shankland, 19, grandmaster; Daniel Naroditsky, 15, and Conrad Holt, 17, international masters. In that tournament, Kiewra defeated GM Robert Hess. Sher also coached Darrian Robinson (born 1994), who, when the Chicago Tribune published an article about her in 2014, was the highest rated African American female chess player in the U.S. Chess Federation system. In 2009, the World Chess Federation established a Trainers' Commission, who in turn established criteria for certified FIDE educator credentials: (i) FIDE Senior Trainer, (ii) FIDE Trainer, (iii) FIDE Instructor, (iv) National Instructor, and (v) Developmental Instructor. Sher, who was among several distinguished coaches who disapproved, commented, "I don't need this piece of paper from FIDE to be considered a good coach." Yet, Sher submitted an application because GM Yuri Razuvaev, a fellow Russian who was chairman of the commission, asked him to do so. Reflecting on the rationale of his decision, Sher stated, "if only not good coaches were on the list, it would not be good." Sher became a FIDE Senior Trainer. Family Sher and his wife, Alla Berkovna Grinfeld (ru) (), a Woman Grandmaster, met while Sher was studying in Voronezh, Russia. Alla is a distinguished scholastic chess educator in New York and worked closely with Miron in chess education. Alla was born in Spassk-Dalny, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Sher had stated that the impetus for emigrating from Russia in 1997 was out of concern that his son, Mikhail, would be drafted in the Russian military. Mikhail, who began his U.S. education in the 9 grade, has gone on to earn degrees at Carnegie Mellon (B.S. Mathematics/B.S. Economics, 2005), Columbia (M.S. Operations Research, 2006), and Drexel (Ph.D., 2015) and is now a scholar and educator in supply chain management. Death Sher died August 21, 2020, in New York City. He was buried August 23, 2020, at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale. In an obituary for Sher published by the U.S. Chess Federation, GM Robert Hess stated that Sher had been his one and only coach. Selected videos of games and lectures Miron Sher vs. Viktor Bologan, 1993 via YouTube (re: Victor Bologan) John Nunn vs. Miron Sher, 1994 via YouTube Artur Kogan vs Miron Sher, 18 Politiken Cup, Copenhagen, 1996 via YouTube (re: Artur Kogan) "What Does It Take to Be a Chess Master?" (Miron Sher at IS 318, Williamsburg, Brooklyn), Teen Kids News, October 30, 2018, via YouTube Extant published work Trends in