“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 would like to walk you through some history and then explain to you some challenges girls […]
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 Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, NJ from July 29 to August 3. This event was […]
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 CalChess at the national Denker Tournament for High School Champions. (Per wishes of Arnold Denker, this […]
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 United States, got started. Here is what he wrote: “Dewain Barber basically started the Denker with […]
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. Dewain Barber, Mr. Jack Mallory and Mr. Ralph Bowman have all done so much for scholastic […]
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 kind and generous man in Arnold Denker. He was a true champion in his days and […]