2014 SPICE Cup Open Sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation St. Louis, Missouri October 21-26, 2014 GM/IM norm opportunity – Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100 Limited to first 50 entries (Free entry to all players FIDE > 2300) 4 IM/GM norms earned in 20121 IM performance/2 GM norms earned in 2013 Time Control: […]
Fit bodies, fit minds
FIT MINDS FIT BODIES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 Some of you have meet The Webster Chess team. Lim, Ray, Jake, Fidel and Wesley. If you haven’t please introduce yourself next time, these are a great bunch of guys who have started a fitness journey here at 26. All of them World class champions at the […]
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Georgian Women’s Championship LIVE!
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Burg and Smerdon share Batavia lead after 7
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SPNO – Only a few days left to guarantee Chess Rate
SPNO 2014 in New Orleans Venue: Hilton Garden Inn, 1001 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. 6 Round Swiss G/45 d5 USCF Rated Up to 8 sections: grades K- 2, 3-5, 6-8 & 9-12, separate for Girls & Boys (T.D. may combine any sec.w/ < 10players) Side events: 3 hour chess camp (max.30) GM […]
Abandons Russia over opposition to Putin
Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov abandons Russia over opposition to PutinBy JC Reporter, February 28, 2014THE JEWISH CHRONICLE ONLINEJewish former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been granted Croatian citizenship following mounting difficulties in pursuing pro-democracy work in his native Russia. According to a report in the Guardian, Kasparov no longer felt able to live in […]
Investing in kids
SAS’ latest investment? Chess Feb 28, 2014, 2:37pm ESTLauren K. Ohnesorge Staff Writer-Triangle Business Journal SAS Inc. is taking a break from big data and investing in the brains of tomorrow. Sort of. The Cary-based software firm is sponsoring what will be the largest scholastic chess tournament in North Carolina history. The North Carolina K-12 […]