“Why is there a need for Girl’s or Women’s tournaments?” This is probably one of the top 5 questions I have most often been asked over the past 15 years, since creating the Susan Polgar Foundation in 2002. I...
Denker Tournament of HS Champions
Denker Tournament of High School Chess Champions Set for New JerseyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Dewain Barber(714) 998-5508 AmChessEq@aol.comJuly 13, 2007Press Release #20 of 2007 (Crossville, TN) The 23rd Annual Denker Tournament of High School Champions will be played at the...
The GM Denker I knew
GM Bisguier, GM Denker and me I wrote an article about the GM Denker I knew. You can read it here. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Denker report from California
Special report by NM Master Michael Aigner Since fifth grader Daniel Naroditsky won the K-12 section of the CalChess Scholastics, a G/45 playoff was conducted among six players tied for second place. The winner of this playoff would represent...
The history of a historic national event
These are the participants in the first ever Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls in 2004FM Paul Truong recently told the story of how the Annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls, the most prestigious all-girls event in the...
A flashback
L to R: Harold Winston and Barbara DeMaro (US Chess Trust), Dewain Barber (USCF Scholastic Council) and Carol Jarecki (International Arbiter)I was paying tribute to GM Arnold Denker at a National Scholastic Event after his passing. GM Denker, Mr....
Legendary American GMs Bisguier and Denker
L to R: GMs Bisguier, me and Denker at Dr. Wagner’s House in Aug. 2003 As the 2006 Denker Tournament of High School Champions and Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls are approaching, I can’t help but remember a...