Ankeny chess club ties for first place at stateLAURA PIEPERREGISTER STAFF WRITERApril 3, 2007 The Ankeny High School chess team successfully defended its state team title recently in Cedar Rapids. They were co-champions with Marshalltown High School. This is...
2007 Jim Berry US Championship Blitz
Jim Berry US CHAMPIONSHIP BLITZ 2007 7 dbl rd Swiss, Open to all, 5-minute + 2 seconds$$G 1st $300, $200, $100, $75, $50. EF: $20Free to FKB Championship playersFriday 7:30pm CSTMay 18 2007 Stillwater, OklahomaQuality Inn (1-405-372-0800) following Round...
357.2 mph trivia
A French high-speed train broke the world speed record for conventional trains at 357.2 mph! What is the speed of the fastest train of any type and which country holds this record? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Edward Lasker’s take on chess variant
I was discussing Chess960 – Fischer Random yesterday. Today, Ken Tait sent me a passage from Edward Lasker in the book Chess Secrets: Edward Laskers comments on Capablanca’s Chess Reform idea. After fifty years of tournament experience, I can...
The future of Women’s Chess
When I was asked a few years ago to name some of the brightest names that will rule Women’s Chess, my top pick was Humpy Koneru of India. Today, I have to add one more name to the list:...
Chess featured in Iran conflict
Captured sailors shown playing chessTuesday, 03 Apr 2007 16:15 New pictures of the captured British sailors have been published on an Iranian website. The images show some of the 14 men and one woman looking relaxed and wearing casual...
Important College Chess Information
This is the list of College Chess Clubs that was compiled by the College Chess Committee and Gregory Alexander. This is posted here. You can also find much more information about College Chess here. I strongly believe that College...
Chess instruction in Oklahoma newspaper
Make this chess move like a hawkBy Eric MorrowChess ColumnBlack to move and mate This week’s position illustrates the queen-bishop mating pattern. Black uses this theme to mate white in three moves. With this hint in mind please try...
South Dakotans battled at the National
Students hold their own in national chess tourneyBy Journal staff A dozen Rapid City youths were among about 1,000 students, kindergarten through ninth grade, competing in the junior high national championship chess tournament in Sacramento this past weekend. South...
Gresham wins national honors
Gresham ninth-grader wins U.S. chess honorsPosted by Diana Samuels April 02, 2007 18:05PMCategories: East Multnomah County, Portland After two weekends playing chess, a Gresham High School ninth-grader is three big trophies richer. Steven Breckenridge placed highly in two categories...