Pacman loosens up playing chessBy Roy LuarcaPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 23:33:00 04/30/2009LAS VEGAS – LOOKING AT the bemoustached guy playing chess Wednesday night, it’s hard to believe that he’s just two days away from a title showdown with a dangerous opponent.Manny Pacquiao, in white shirt and red jogging pants, was slouched in the sofa making […]
An immediate liking to chess
Lexington youth crowned national chess championBy Jason Crotty/Staff WriterThu Apr 30, 2009, 01:05 PM EDT Lexington – Mika Brattain received his first college scholarship earlier this month. And he’s only 10. Brattain, a fifth grader at Harrington Elementary School, won the K-5 Chess Super National Championship at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in […]
Thursday morning tactic
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Nepal chess taking forward strides
Nepal chess taking forward stridesAyush Khadka KATHMANDU, April 30 – About a year ago, a fellow journalist approached this scribe advising him to do a news article on chess. Without even letting him complete his sentence, I shrugged off the idea describing the game as ‘good for nothing’. Times have changed and so has the […]
Ukraine Navy celebrates with Blitz tournament
Ukraine Navy marks 91st anniversary of hoisting national flags on Black Sea Fleet ships SEVASTOPOL, April 29 /UKRINFORM/. It was with hoisting of the national flag of Ukraine and the Navy flag that the vessels and coastal units of the Ukrainian Navy marked Wednesday the 91st anniversary of hoisting Ukrainian flags on combat ships of […]
Humpy, Negi to lead India in Mayor’s Cup
Humpy, Negi to lead India in Mayor’s CupHindu – April 30, 2009 Mumbai (PTI): Grand Master Koneru Humpy, the world women’s no. 2, and 16-year-old GM Parimarjan Negi will lead the Indian challenge in the Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament commencing at the suburban Goregaon Sports Club here on Friday. The 22-year-old Humpy, with an […]
Megan Lee wins top honor
Megan Lee wins the top section of all-girls tourney in Dallas Megan Lee lives in Bellevue, Washington where she attends Odle Middle School. Megan was also a member of the Stevenson Elementary Championship team and is currently a student of IM Georgi Orlov. Her training routine involves studying games of great players (her latest read […]
Local chess grandmasters to train teachers
Local chess grandmasters to train teachersBy Philip TubezaPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 19:11:00 04/30/2009 MANILA — With “avid chess player” President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo present, officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) signed on Thursday a deal that would pave the way for Filipino chess grandmasters to train […]
Phila. Students Take 8th
Thursday, 30 April 2009 4:49AMPhila. Students Take 8th in National Chess Tournamentby KYW’s Karin Phillips The chess club at the Russell Byers charter school in Center City ranked 8th in the 2009 United States Chess Federation SuperNationals Tournament. And team player Ayannah Woods, 11, finished as the 55th best player in the nation and 8th […]