At one time, NY City was the capital of U.S. Chess, home of many chess greats such as Fischer, Reshevsky, Byrne, etc. However, with the modern Internet chess technology and very strong chess software, young players even from small town U.S.A. can improve at an incredible rate. Has modern chess technology helped you and if it did, how?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I still think it helps to be in a big city because of OTB tournaments. But the advantage has decreased a lot due to internet and fritz. I don’t play much but I take my sons to tournaments every weekend in the NY / NJ area.
Mary
Off: the photo is very beautiful!
all the photos on this site have been outstanding. Especially the raft in the pool with children, and the 9/11 and Hawaii, too many to mention.
Where do we hire the photographer?
Michael, my business manager took most of the pictures. He is basically a semi-pro photographer. His pictures have appeared on a number of book covers (at least 4), magazines such as ELLE, Sports Illustrated, Chess Life, School Mates, British Chess Magazine, Black and White, etc., and probably hundreds of websites.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
http://www.SusanPolgarFoundation.org
I love chess, although after many years I still sturggle, but at a few tournaments here in Wisconsin I have seen a 7 year old named Brian Luo whip up on many unsuspecting opponents. He’s not from New York and has to be one of the best 7 year olds ever. I think his rating was over 1800. At that age though you never know if the interest in chess will continue enough for them to keep playing even. I can only hope that he does and Wisconsin will have a great chess player to talk about.