2nd North American All Girls Championships – Over $50K in scholarships & prizes
US Chess Junior Grand Prix! NOV. 4-5 2nd North American All Girls Championship – A Susan Polgar Foundation Event (PK-12) Biltmore Santa Clara, 2151 Laurelwood Rd., Santa Clara, CA 95054. $99/night. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/allgirls. 5 Sections based on Rating: 1400+, 1000-1399, 700-999, 400-699, u400 & unr. Nov 17 Supp & TD disc to place players accurately. Prizes: Trophies to Top 10 […]
Deysi Cori wins 2017 Women’s Continental Championship
13:05. Buenos Aires (Argentina), Sep. 18. Peruvian Woman Grand Master Deysi Cori was crowned winner of the Women’s Continental Championship 2017, after defeating compatriot Ingrid Aliaga. Thus, Cori managed to win a ticket to the Women’s World Team Championship 2017 taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) on June 16-27. It must be noted the 24-year-old has […]
The Queen’s Gambit!
This was the 1st major in-depth article written about the SPICE program at Webster University nearly 5 years ago. The Queen’s Gambit: Susan Polgar, the First Woman to Break the Chess Gender Barrier, Brings SPICE to Webster University By Jeannette Cooperman 2012 It hardly seemed fair. Hungarian-born Susan Polgár—who brought home the U.S.’s first Chess […]
Julia Sevilla aims for world title in Uruguay
And for her next move … San Fernando Valley chess champ hits the world stage By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL | Los Angeles Daily News September 15, 2017 at 7:35 pm Julia Sevilla started playing chess when she was still little. Her dad, Fernando Sevilla, was an avid chess player growing up in the Philippines, inspired by […]
Women’s Youth Tournaments in Chicago
ALL AMERICAS CHESS WOMEN’S YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS November 18-19, 2017 at the Sheraton Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel FREE PIZZA BUFFET SATURDAY EVENING for ALL PLAYERS [Pizza, Salad, Cookies, Lemonade & ice Tea] U25 [$3600 Guaranteed in Cash Prizes] T/L: G/90+ 30 inc. (or G/2, d5). 5-SS. $$: 900-550-330-160 U2100 $350-200, U1900 $310-170, U1700 $270-140, U1500/Unrated $220. U18 […]