Chess matesFamily shares love, talent for gameBy Susan Chaityn Lebovits April 22, 2007 If you see more chess wizards emerging from the area, thank members of an extended family, transplants from the former Soviet Union. Valery Frenklakh of Newton...
Moskow drew, Krush faltered in Gausdal
Round 5 results from Gausdal: Kulaots 1/2 RozentalisKrush 0-1 LieKrasenkow 0-1 PortischMoskow 1/2 JonesCarlsen 1/2 Dreev Irina is still in the hunt for a GM norm but this loss will make her job very difficult. In the mean time,...
Training teachers
Some of the teachers at the teacher’s training course in Brownsville, Texas. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Dan Heisman’s prodigy
School has another chess champBy MELISSA BUSCHphillyBurbs.com Playing chess for four hours a day paid off for Dan Yeager. The 15-year-old is this year’s Pennsylvania State High School chess champion, and his high ratings recently earned him the title...
Proper Chess Training – Current update
This was originally published in my May 2006 ChessCafe.com column. The current update is shown right below the original column. The Importance of Proper Training The United States produced one U.S. born World Champion in the 20th century. Of...
Chess is growing every year
Missourian NewsApril 22, 2007Concentrating on CheckmateElementary and middle school students compete in Columbia Open Chess TournamentBy ZACH HONIG Eleven-year-old Vikram Arun has traveled as far as Orlando to participate in national chess competitions, but the Gentry Middle School sixth-grader...
Be like Fritz? The state of the new generation?
SOME GET TOO MUCH WITH THE PROGRAM By ANDY SOLTISNY PostApril 22, 2007 — Chess WHEN the artificial intelligence folks started work on chess-playing computers more than 50 years ago, they tried to figure out how to make a...
How does an author get his inspiration for a book?
‘Kings’ of chess inspire authorBy Shannon E. Kolkedy Some sports enthusiasts may smirk at the idea of competitive chess, but for State College native Michael Weinreb, the topic spiraled into a nonfiction novel. “The Kings of New York: A...
Did Sherlock Holmes play chess?
It’s your move Posted April 22 2007 Did Sherlock Holmes play chess? The only clue lies in his remark about a suspect: “Amberley excelled at chess — one mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.” Despite this dim view of...