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All the Chess that's Fit to Print
February 7, 2012
Specials of the Week
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A poisoned pawn that hasn't lost its kick
Washington Times
Two sharp games showcasing the notorious Sicilian Poisoned Pawn
Variation top the menu today, served up at the just-concluded Tradewise
...
Nigel Short's playoff win against Hou Yifan in Gibraltar
The Week in Chess
IM Malcolm Pein takes a look at Nigel Short's convincing win in a
playoff against women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan. ...
Chess Problems: Solutions and a bonus from Pal Benko
ChessBase News
Here are the solutions to the last installment of problems by David
Friedgood. A pleasing addition is a contribution from GM Pal Benko, who
noticed the interest in the Novotny ...
Dragan Solak wins Turkish Championship
ChessBase News
It was his first Turkish Championship, and GM Dragan Solak took the
title with a final-round win. Dragan has recently completed his transfer
from the Serbian Chess Federation ...
Igor Lysyj wins 'Moscow Open'
ChessVibes
Igor Lysyj won the top group of the International RSSU Chess Cup on
Sunday in Moscow, Russia. The festival, formerly known as the Moscow
Open, had more than 1400 participants ...
Baden-Baden and Bremen on fire in German Schach Bundesliga
Chessdom
On 4th and 5th of February the 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga
took place. The top teams Baden-Baden, Bremen and Eppingen prevailed ...
2012 John Powell Memorial (Jamaica)
The Chess Drum
University of the West Indies students Damion Davy and Stuart James tied
for first place in the 2012 John Powell Memorial, after both finished on
5 points from 6 games. ...
The Andrew Greet Interview
British Chess Magazine
Your Editor caught up with Andrew Greet, the author and International
Master, now working as an editor for Quality Chess. ...
5-second chess tactic!
Spraggett on Chess
Imagine you are the English grandmaster Gallagher and your opponent
today is the Nigerian amateur Chukwuk Allor. He has just pulled back his
Knight to d6 ...
February Issue Budapest Chess News now available!
Spraggett on Chess
Budapest is being invaded by Canadians! Better still, Canadian chess
players!! National Master and popular author Michael Yip has a new
monthly chess magazine ...
GM Paragua sweeps Sta. Maria simul chess
ABS CBN News
Filipino Grand Master Mark Paragua won all his games in a simultaneous
chess exhibition against top Sta. Maria players last Sunday at the ...
'Encourage younger generation in chess'
DAWN.com
Pakistan is just a short stopover for the 46-year-old British chess
grandmaster Dr Nigel David Short (MBE) returning triumphant from the
Tradewise Gibraltar Masters ...
Wasim Akram excels to clinch chess trophy
DAWN.com
National Master Wasim Akram lifted the 2nd Pakistan Chess Players
Association (PCPA) Open Chess Championship Zahiruddin Farooqui Trophy at
Beach Luxury Hotel ...
Sophie's a rising chess champ
Laverton Star
Eight-year-old Sophie Davis has brought down many kings, defeated their
queens and killed off their loyal subjects. The Altona school girl has
mastered the art of chess ...
TTU a little bland without SPICE
MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM
TThe SPICE program is named for coach and founder Susan Polgar. It has
brought the university international attention during its four-year run,
fielding numerous grandmasters ...
Life-size chess game at Lacey school is teaching tool
Asbury Park Press
Boards and pieces of various sizes, shapes and themes showcased “Family
Chess Night” at Forked River Elementary School last week. Parents found
it refreshing that the young people ...
Ferndale freshman vaults to third place at state chess tourney
Bellingham Herald
Just entering the top level of the Washington State Individual High
School Chess Championships could not have been a bolder move for
15-year-old freshman Paul Valdez. ...
Washington Elementary chess tournament
TribLocal
About 50 students gathered Friday at Washington Elementary School in
Park Ridge to compete in the second and final chess tournament of the
school year. ...
Irving Yaffe 1920-2012
Boylston Chess Club Blog
Irving Yaffe passed away on Wednesday night February 1, 2012 at the
Fenno House in Quincy because of pneumonia. Age 91 Irving was captain of
the Boylston Chess Team ...
How to Cook a Pawn
Boylston Chess Club Blog
At the recent Portsmouth Open, I lost a game to Kira Storm, a game in
which I fell to a very pleasing combination, about which I wrote in my
event report ...
2012 Gus Gosselin Massachusetts Grade Championship
Upcoming Chess Events in New England
2012 Gus Gosselin / Massachusetts Grade Championship has been added to
The Massachusetts Chess Association's Event Calendar. This event is
organized by ...
February 6, 2012
A
Math Study Provides Hints About the Game's Gender Gap
NYT Chess
The findings of a new study about mathematics may explain why there are
so few women among the chess elite. It concluded that cultural factors,
not biological ones ...
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
“Queen to Play’’ is a 2009 French movie (“Joueuse’’) that was filmed in
Corsica and released in theaters and on DVD last year. It is based on a
novel ...
ICGA/Rybka controversy: An interview with David Levy (1)
ChessBase News
He is a star chess programmer with an unbroken record of supremacy in
computer chess during the past five years. In June 2011 the
International Computer Games Association ...
Bundesliga: Baden-Baden in the lead, Aronian playing board 2
ChessVibes
Last weekend the 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga were played
in four different cities in Germany: Berlin, Emsdetten, Solingen and
Dresden. ...
Saturday's tactics training
Spraggett on Chess
The triangle indicates which side is to move first. Solutions later this
evening. Good luck! ...
Tams win in chess
ABS CBN News
In UAAP chess at the Far Eastern University (FEU)-Manila Mini Theater,
the reigning five-time champion FEU Tamaraws drubbed the UST Tigers ...
Chess unveil 30th anniversary activities
Mmegi Online
The Botswana Chess Federation on Saturday unveiled a line up of
activities they will host during the run up to their 30th Anniversary in
July. ...
Chess body selects schools tour squad
NewsDay
The Zimbabwe Chess Federation has selected a 12-member provisional squad
which will represent the country at the 8th World Schools Individual
Chess Championships ...
Guyana Chess Federation AGM was not properly conducted
Stabroek News
I am a member of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) who was personally
approached by Mr Shiv Nandalall to become a member. First of all, what
took place at the AGM ...
Chess at the Rock of Gibraltar Reaches New Heights
United States Chess Federation
Macauley Peterson reports on the Gibraltar Chess Congress, the strongest
Open tournament in the World where Hou Yifan had a breakthrough ...
Bloom District 206 chess players win conference championship
nwitimes.com
The Bloom Township High School District 206 chess team has won its third
conference championship in the past 10 years of competition. The Blazing
Trojans chess players ...
Chess Club survives at Illinois school
Washington Examiner
White goes first and the game is on as two strangers face off over a
rollup chessboard on a chilly afternoon in the old cafeteria at La
Salle-Peru Township High School. ...
February 5, 2012
Hou Yifan Defeats Judit Polgar at Gibraltar Chess Festival
NYT Chess
At the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, Hou Yifan defeated
Judit Polgar, who has been No. 1 longer than Hou has been alive. ...
Spassky speaks
New York Post
Boris Spassky turned 75 this week and, having recovered from a stroke
two years ago, he reflected on his stormy life on — and off — the ...
Women's World Champion Hou Yifan edged out by Short
The Week in Chess
IM Malcolm Pein reports Nigel Short won the Gibraltar Masters 2012 after
beating Hou Yifan in a rapid playoff. However it was Hou's performance
that caught the imagination ...
Kübra Öztürk wins Turkish Women's Championship
ChessBase News
There were two dominating female players in this event: Kübra, 20, rated
2309, and the eight times Turkish Women's Champion, Betul Yildiz, 22,
rated 2340. ...
CBM training: Endgames from Gibraltar
ChessBase News
Another installment, this time of "Rock solid" endings, picked out and
analysed by our resident endgame expert GM Karsten Müller from the games
that were played at the ...
Lessons From Gibralter
The Chess Improver
Short’s brilliant win in Gibralter contains some important lessons. He
regained his form after having a poor result in the London Chess
Classic, but how could that be? ...
Game of the Month
British Chess Magazine
While I rode a bit of luck in some games at the European Seniors, on the
whole I played quite fluently and with no little power in this event,
scoring 7/9 and winning the “gold” medal ...
Akram leads PCPA chess championship
The News International
National Master Wasim Akram led the points table at the end of the fifth
round of the 2nd PCPA Open Chess Championship for Zahiruddin Farooqui
Trophy ...
Chess
Telegram.com
The Spiegel Cup Mass. Scholastic Singles finals will be contested next
Sunday at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West,
Marlboro ...
Susan Polgar makes a move
LubbockOnline.com
Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar is making a move, uprooting the chess
institute created in her name at Texas Tech and her
national-championship-winning chess team to ...
Sawaski wins 'Electronic Knights,' national chess title
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
It was something of a belated Christmas present for Jim Sawaski of
Newberry when he received a letter in the mail in early January from the
United States Chess Federation. ...
Chess Club survives at LaSalle-Peru high school
The Republic
White goes first and the game is on as two strangers face off over a
rollup chessboard on a chilly afternoon in the old cafeteria at La
Salle-Peru Township High School. ...
2012 RI Scholastic State Championship
Upcoming Chess Events in New England
2012 RI Scholastic State Championship has been added to The
Massachusetts Chess Association's Event Calendar. This event is
organized by ...
36th Queen City Open
Upcoming Chess Events in New England
36th Queen City Open has been added to The Massachusetts Chess
Association's Event Calendar. This event is organized by The New
Hampshire Chess Association ...
Hou Wows!
ICC Newsletters
Reigning Women's World Champion Hou - who faced seven elite grandmasters
rated 2700 or over - wowed the chess world with a performance that was
pure ...
Shining from the Shadows
ICC Newsletters
Will this be the year when the world No.2, Levon Aronian, finally
emerges from the shadows of Magnus Carlsen? The Armenian has often been
overlooked with the rise of ...
February 4, 2012
On Chess: Carlsen is cool but not complacent
Columbus Dispatch
Top chess players certainly aren’t clones. Magnus Carlsen, the world’s
highest-rated grandmaster, is intense at the chessboard but seems to
instinctively sidestep ...
Chess Champ Hou Yifan in the Limelight
Huffington Post
Levon Aronian's brilliant victory at the prestigious Tata Steel
tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, would normally be the topic
of our conversation. ...
Oxford six-year-old plays chess in adult tournament
BBC News
A six-year-old boy from Oxford is taking part in his first adult chess
tournament after becoming obsessed with the game. Callaghan
McCarty-Snead took up chess ...
Hou shares lead with Adams after defeating Le
The Week in Chess
IM Malcolm Pein reports on Round 8 of the Tradewise Gibraltar Festival.
Hou Yifan won yet again this time against Le Quang Liem. She is level
with Michael Adams. ...
Tricky Mickey in Gibraltar
The Week in Chess
IM Malcolm Pein reports on Hou Yifan's win over Judit Polgar. Also sees
how Michael Adams managed to beat David Howell late in the ending. ...
The inaugural Chess Day in Iceland – a model for other countries?
ChessVibes
Iceland celebrated its first "Chess Day" on January 26th, the country's
first GM and ex-FIDE president Fridrik Olafsson's birthday. GM Olafsson,
who turned 77 ...
Ivanchuk: “I could have become a writer”
Chess in Translation
Vassily Ivanchuk’s recent interview with the Ukrainian daily newspaper
“Den” isn’t your standard chess interview. In fact, Ivanchuk doesn’t
talk about current chess events ...
Polgar moves SPICE to St. Louis!
The Chess Drum
After five years of success at Texas Tech, Grandmaster Susan Polgar is
taking her chess institute called “SPICE” to Webster University in St.
Louis. ...
Olympic Flashbacks
British Chess Magazine
Our Olympic Flashbacks concern themselves with the Biennial World Team
Championships, held around the globe, and open to every country that ...
Postcard from Margate 1936
British Chess Magazine
BCM has uncovered a postcard from the tournament of Margate, 1936. This
would have been from Brian Reilly’s after dinner autograph sessions
where visiting diners were asked to sign. ...
Bundesliga
Gawain Jones
Round 8 and 9 of the German Bundesliga has started earlier today. You
can check out the live games here but I think there might be a slight
delay on the server. ...
Chess - Tod are too strong for Hebden
Todmorden Today
Hebden Bridge B travelled to Todmorden on Monday to take on title
challengers Todmorden A in the first division of the Calderdale Chess
League. ...
Chess is a job this man loves
STLtoday.com
Some facts about Ben Finegold: He's a chess grandmaster. He learned the
game from his father, Ronald Finegold, who was defeated by Bobby Fischer
in a 1963 chess tournament. ...
Top collegiate chess team moving from Texas to Webster U.
STLtoday.com
It's hard to imagine that the local competitive chess scene could get
any more spirited. St. Louis is home to the US Chess Championships, the
country's No. 1 rated player ...
Lure and pin: What is black's best move?
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Levon Aronian of Armenia won the prestigious, annual chess tournament in
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, now called by benefit of its corporate
sponsor ...
IHSA State Chess Tournament Ready to “Check” into Peoria
Canton Daily Ledger
Chess masters will make their move when the Illinois High School
Association (IHSA) hosts the 2012 State Chess Tournament Feb. 10-11 at
the Peoria Civic Center. ...
Taos Knighthawks win chess league
Taosnews.com
The Taos Knighthawks Chess Club has been busy. A couple of weeks ago the
team took first place at the 33rd Annual Northern Schools Chess League
High School Finals ...
Spend the Summer of 2012 Pursuing the Best Moves Possible
Westside Today
Make 2012 the year you checkmate chess at the best chess camp in Los
Angeles. Summer is the perfect opportunity to improve your child's
focus, concentration and thinking abilities. ...
February Events Calendar
ScoopSanDiego.com
Want to get the kids away from video games? Sign up the family for
intergenerational chess classes and bring parents, grandparents and
children to learn the ancient game of chess. ...
FM Chess to hold tournament Saturday
In-Forum
FM Chess will hold a scholastic chess tournament today at Fargo's
Centennial Elementary, 4201 25th St. S. Registration will be ...
The Rules Can Set You Free
Radiolab.org
Play is something we all do--it seems so natural, it feels a little bit
ridiculous to ask why we need it. But psychology professor Alison Gopnik
explains some profound benefits ...
Lunch with the FT: Kenneth Rogoff
Financial Times
The Harvard professor, whose advice on how to counter the financial
crisis world leaders seek after, talks about his old addiction – chess
...
February 3, 2012
Levon Aronian shrugs off losses to triumph at Tata Steel
Guardian.co.uk
Levon Aronian shrugged off an early loss to the world No1 Magnus Carlsen
and a late defeat by a tail-ender to win first prize at Tata Steel Wijk
aan Zee this week with impressive authority. ...
Gibraltar Finale: Short Defeats Hou Yifan
The Chess Mind Blog
The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival didn't quite finish with the full
fairy tale ending, but it was pretty close. Hou Yifan entered the last
round with a half-point lead ...
Aronian triumph at Wijk aan Zee
The Week in Chess
IM Malcolm Pein reports: Levon Aronian duly triumphed at the Tata Steel
tournament after a disappointing, one might say perfunctory last round.
...
Hou Yifan, Short win Gibraltar, Nigel wins playoff
ChessBase News
The final round at the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival was as
exciting as they can get. Seventeen-year-old Women's World Champion Hou
Yifan finished in first place ...
A talk with legendary Lajos Portisch – Part II
ChessBase News
In this second part of a fascinating talk with Lajos Portisch, one of
the dominating players in the sixties, seventies, and eighties, you will
read about ...
Nigel Short beats Hou Yifan in blitz playoff, wins in Gibraltar
ChessVibes
English grandmaster Nigel Short won the 10th Tradewise Chess Festival in
Gibraltar on Thursday after beating Hou Yifan of China in a blitz
playoff. ...
Review: The Ragozin Complex
ChessVibes
As a life-long King's Indian player (not counting the occasional flirt
with the Grünfeld), I've never been very enthusiastic about answering
the move 1.d4 with ...
The Inaugural Chess Day in Iceland
Chessdom
Iceland celebrated its first “Chess Day” on January 26th, the country’s
first GM and ex-FIDE president Fridrik Olafsson’s birthday. GM Olafsson,
who turned 77 that day ...
Croatian Grandmaster Nenad Sulava won the San Remo Open
Chessdom
San Remo Open 2012, an event of undisputed charm, took place in San
Remo, Italy on 5-8th January 2012. During that weekend the City of
Flowers welcomed ...
Computer Assessments
The Chess Improver
One of my students kindly alerted me to the following game from
Gibralter in which Artur Yussupov was White against Alexei Shirov and
played one of my opening ...
Short denies Sasikiran a podium finish
Times of India
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran was denied a podium finish by Nigel Short
of England in the 10th and final round of Tradewise Gibraltar chess
tournament. ...
World champ Yifan takes Gibraltar by storm
Times of India
Hou Yifan may be just 17, but she is up there in Judit Polgar's league
right now. On Thursday, she won one of the strongest open tournaments in
chess ...
Clear winner at Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Malaysia Star
Levon Aronian ended up the comfortable winner of the latest edition of
the Tata Steel tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands earlier
this week. ...
Lodhi looks to defend chess title
The News International
Sindh Sports Minister Dr Mohammad Ali Shah inaugurated the second
edition of PCPA Chess Championship for the Zahiruddin Farooqui Trophy in
a simple ceremony ...
Top chess player takes on 15 in challenge
This is Kent
A chess champion simultaneously took on more than a dozen challengers in
a Tonbridge tournament. Grandmaster and Tonbridge Chess Club president
John Emms ...
Best of CLO '11: #1- Choosing to Break 2200
United States Chess Federation
The #1 article in Best of CLO 2011 is Choosing to Break 2200 by Matan
Prilletensky. Judges praised Matan's rigorous approach to becoming a
chess master ...
Area Schools Gather at EEMS for Chess Meet
Fenceviewer
A little girl clutched a teddy bear and munched on pretzels as she
plotted her next move. A pair of young players nearby eyed each other
across a Super Mario chess set. ...
February 2, 2012
Hou Yifan Leads Gibraltar With A Round to Go
The Chess Mind Blog
Hou Yifan's performance at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival has
been nothing short of amazing. In round 9, the penultimate round, Hou
defeated Alexey Shirov ...
Aronian triumph at Wijk aan Zee
The Week in Chess
IM Malcolm Pein reports: Levon Aronian duly triumphed at the Tata Steel
tournament after a disappointing, one might say perfunctory last round.
...
Aronian to FIDE: I cannot play in Azerbaijan
ChessBase News
The first two bids to stage the next Candidates Tournament for the World
Championship received by FIDE are from Bulgaria and Azerbaijan. ...
Endgame Magic with GM Karsten Müller
ChessBase News
Endgame knowledge is not easy to acquire and thus a valuable weapon to
have. In his Endgame Magic Show on Playchess.com, renowned endgame
expert GM Karsten Müller ...
Sensation: Hou Yifan beats Shirov, leads alone with 7.5/9
ChessBase News
Seventeen-year-old Women's World Champion Hou Yifan is simply
unstoppable. In the penultimate round of the 2012 Gibraltar Chess
Festival she outplayed Super-GM Alexei Shirov ...
Hou Yifan continues to beat 2700s, now in sole lead in Gibraltar
ChessVibes
Reigning Women's World Champion Hou Yifan is showing very impressive
chess in Gibraltar. After beating Judit Polgar and earlier Zoltan Almasi
...
FIDE supporting federations and chess in schools programs
ChessVibes
FIDE has started a new inititive to support chess federations and chess
in schools projects. The major goals are to increase on the one hand the
number of members ...
Hou Yifan half a point ahead going into the final stretch!
Spraggett on Chess
Today the chinese superstar defeated her 3rd 2700-rated player in a row.
Alex Shirov went down in flames trying to make something out of nothing
in a sharp ...
Wednesday's winning puzzle
Spraggett on Chess
Today's chess study has as its setting a deceptively simple Bishop and
pawn ending with equal material. Both sides have a passed a-pawn.
However, it is White to play ...
Lodhi favourite to clinch Zahiruddin Chess title
The Nation
Invincible national champion Mahmood Ahmed Lodhi who had remained
unchallenged for the last twelve years is expected to clinch the
Pakistan Chess Players Association ...
Sports Council now recognises Chess Association
The Swazi Observer
The Swaziland National Chess Association has been granted provisional
recognition by the Swaziland National Sports Council (SNSC). ...
Chess AGM set for Saturday
Solomon Star
The Solomon Islands Chess Federation (SICF) will finally hold their 2012
Annual General Meeting (AGM) this weekend. It will be held at the
Solomon Islands Development Trust ...
Best of CLO '11 #2- US Chess School Comes to Los Angeles
United States Chess Federation
The #2 article in Best of CLO 2012 is The US Chess School Comes to Los
Angeles by Elizabeth Vicary. Elizabeth is a coach, chess expert and
writer from Brooklyn, New York. ...
2012 All-America Chess Team Announced
United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is pleased to announce the
2012 All-America Team sponsored by Trophies Plus. Team members were
announced at ...
Sinquefields honored at Mo. Sports HOF induction
CCSCSL Recent Stories
Chess Club founders Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield were each recognized and
honored Sunday night at the 2012 Missouri Sports Hall of Fame induction
ceremony ...
With chess, thinking and fun unite
Yellow Springs News
A game of chess is like “a mind martial arts,” according to Kaden Boutis
of the Antioch School’s Older Group. To Zenya Miyazaki, chess “exercises
your brain. ...
City councilman teaches IU chess
Indiana Daily Student
After competing and losing all four games in the first chess tournament
of his high school career - including the last match to a 12-year-old -
Bloomington City Councilmember Steve Volan ...
'Chess takes guts'
So Md News
It was the first chess tournament for both Liam Smith, 8, of California
and Miles Garner, 8, of Town Creek. The two third-graders were paired
Saturday morning ...
Bright Knights Chess Club: free event for SF kids
San Francisco Chronicle
When Vincent Ng and his teammates from Balboa High School went to chess
competitions back in the late '90s, they noticed there were very few
competitors from San Francisco. ...
February 1, 2012
Gibraltar: Hou Yifan and Adams Lead After Round 8
The Chess Mind Blog
After 8 of 10 rounds, Michael Adams and women's world champion Hou Yifan
are tied for first in the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. Hou
managed to beat ...
Drama in penultimate round of the Tata Steel tournament
The Week in Chess
IM Malcolm Pein reports: There was more drama at the Tata Steel
tournament as Levon Aronian exploited a blunder in the fifth hour from
world title contender ...
A talk with legendary Lajos Portisch – Part I
ChessBase News
Lajos Portisch is one of the greatest Hungarian players of all time, and
was third in the world at his height. He recently agreed to speak with
Albert Silver and gave his first serious interview ...
Hou Yifan marches on, catches Adams in first place
ChessBase News
While much of Europe is in the clutch of blizzards and freezing
temperatures the players in Gibraltar are frolicking on the beach in
short sleeved T-shirts. ...
Turkish Championships start in Antalya
ChessBase News
The Turkish Chess Championships have begun in Kemer, Antalya. It is a
ten round Swiss and has attracted over 300 players – including four GMs,
six IMs and six FMs ...
Interview with GM Dmitry Kokarev
Chessdom
In the stage of the Cup of Russia, which is being held as a part of the
RSSU Cup “Moscow Open 2012″, Grandmaster from Penza Dmitry Kokarev ...
Game of the Month: February 2012
British Chess Magazine
The February 2012 Game of the Month from the BCM’s Games Editor, Andrew
Martin, features an incredible clash between rising star and BCM
columnist, Sam Franklin and ...
Game of the Month – February 2012
Gawain Jones
While Sue’s been busy writing on our road trip I haven’t forgotten about
my Game of the Month (actually I had but Sue emailed me to remind me!).
I decided to choose ...
Only four queens to woe the kings
The Express Tribune
The Pakistan Chess Players' Association (PCPA) is looking for more women
players to participate in the Zahiruddin Farooqi Trophy that starts
tomorrow ...
Chess, Scrabble Federations Face Sack
THISDAY Live
Supervising Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has canvassed
for the streamlining of the national sports associations in order to
save costs ...
Trophy Stall chess tournament gets underway
Kaieteur News
The Trophy Stall chess tournament began on Sunday at the KEISHAR'S
Sports Club with a predominance of junior players including ...
National senior and junior chess champions awarded
Kaieteur News
Suhai Feng were recently awarded for their outstanding performance in
the 2011 GEDDES GRANT / SEVEN SEAS and SASHA CELLS National Chess
Championships. ...
Best of CLO #3- Kostya Kavutskiy on Breaking 2366
United States Chess Federation
The #3 article in Best of CLO 2011 is Kostya Kavutksiy on Breaking 2366
by Kostya Kavutskiy. Judges praised Kostya's insightful advice on
overcoming a rating plateau. ...
January Knights Recap
CCSCSL Recent Stories
Rodney Vaughn started the New Year with a successful tournament that
clinched a spot in the 2012 Knights Championship. In 2011, it took
Rodney nine attempts to qualify. ...
GM Finegold at the Waldo Odak Open
CCSCSL Recent Stories
The Waldo Odak Open had a smaller attendance than I was hoping for, but
it was still a strong hard fought event. I was able to win my first two
rounds before facing ...
Waldo Odak Open Recap
CCSCSL Recent Stories
A total of 31 players came out to play chess and help raise money for
ALS research at the second annual Waldo Odak Open. In the Open, Al
Howlett was ecstatic when ...
Lindenwood Launches World-Class Collegiate Chess Program
Lindenwood University
Lindenwood University is putting out a call for some of the finest young
chess players in America and abroad. And the university is willing to
provide scholarship money ...
Whatcom County chess players place at state tournament
The Bellingham Herald
Whatcom County chess players made a big impression at a high school
championship held over the weekend. The Washington State High School
Individual Championship ...
5 Nashville-area students are chess champs
The Tennessean
Five young chess players won top honors last month in the Nashville
Scholastic City Chess Championship. One of the winners - Lucas Pao, a
student at ...
Jefferson Brings Home Chess Championship
Patch.com
Ten talented students representing Jefferson Jr. High School in
Woodridge had all the right moves during the Southeast Dupage Elementary
Athletic Association Chess Tournament ...
Waypoint holds chess tournament Saturday
Columbia Basin Herald
The sixth annual Waypoint Foundation Scholastic Chess Tournament is
Saturday. Check-in begins at 7:45 a.m., with the final round of
competition expected to ...
Ossining Residents Take the Chess Challenge
The Daily Ossining
Rich Brown said he’s always looking for a challenge, and Gervonnie Jones
wanted to try something new. Both the 48-year-old Brown and the
18-year-old Jones found ...
McKinney Chess on the Square Set for Feb. 29
TownSquareBuzz.com
Texas is the hotspot for Chess and McKinney has joined the ranks.
McKinney Chess offers lessons, open play and tournaments at the McKinney
Performing Arts Center ...
Grand Prix Returns!
Boylston Chess Club Blog
Sacre bleu! A new year has begun, and with it a new search for le grand
prix. This installment of the BCF's newest tournament series ...
New in Chess: Yearbook #1
EBay
A chance to complete your collection of New In
Chess Yearbooks, beginning with the very first issue (still
shrinkwrapped!!) and the NIC Keybooks! ...
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