Donation Brings National Chess Tournament To Stillwater AP – 3/22/2007 8:47 AM – Updated 3/22/2007 9:59 AM STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) A retired businessman donated $50,000 to bring a national chess championship to Oklahoma for the first time in at...
Miami Dade team earns national respect
Community college chess team turns Ivys into pawns MIAMI (AP) — Don’t underestimate the grocery store deli worker, the security alarm salesman or the 34-year-old computer science student who anchor the Miami Dade College chess team. The community college...
Learning Chess the Easy Way!
It is now available with captions in English, Spanish, French and German! It is being used at countless schools across the country and around the world! Cool and Fun for kids! You can get more information or order it...
Endgame Masterpiece by Silman
My friend Jeremy Silman just came out with a brand new endgame book! The title is Silman’s Complete Endgame Course – From Beginner to Master. It is FANTASTIC!! It is writen in a language that anyone can understand! I...
I will do more!
Painting by my sister Sofia To the many of you who constantly give me words of encouragement to fight the destructive chess politicians who held US Chess and the USCF back for years: Thank you! I can assure you...
She’s a good player
Chess club at Escondido library checkmates inactivityBy Cheryl WalkerTODAY’S LOCAL NEWSMarch 22, 2007 Nathan Summers couldn’t wait to teach his younger sister, Miranda, chess so he’d have someone to play. But now he’s not sure he did the right...
How’s your bracket?
There are plenty of upsets so far in March Madness. Which is the biggest upset so far? My picks for the Final Four (Florida, UCLA, North Carolina and Ohio State) are still on track. How’s your bracket looking? Chess...
Journey of a lifetime
Exclusive Polgar Chess & Cultural Journey to Budapest, Hungary! 6-Night Chess Vacation of a Lifetime June 23-30, 2007 Price: Land package $1,249 (You book your own ticket to Budapest) The above price includes: • Daily 2-4 hours special chess...
Josh Waitzkin, the Art of Learning
I met today an old friend whom I haven’t seen in years: Josh Waitzkin. Most remember Josh as a young chess prodigy and later in his teenage years as the “subject” of the book and movie “Searching for Bobby...