National chess champion, 12, honed his moves at Baltimore barbershop Cahree Myrick defeated 249 other players across the country to claim the title by Kevin Skiver Jun 1, 2017 To call Cahree Myrick, 12 (http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlTnmtHst.php?15395555), smart is to call the sun bright. The Roland Park Middle School student has maintained straight A’s in school while […]
Erenburg wins Baltimore Open 2015
The 53rd Annual Baltimore Open was held from 6-8th February at the Sheraton BWI, 1110 Old Elkridge Landing Road in Linthicum, Maryland, USA. The tournament consisted of seven sections: Championship (FIDE rated), U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500, U1250 and U1000. A total of 180 players participated in the event. All sections were completed over 5 rounds […]
Lenderman, Huschenbeth and Enkhbat share honors in 51st Baltimore Open
The 51st Annual Baltimore Open took place on 8-10th February at the Holiday Inn Columbia, 7900 Washington Blvd, Columbia, MD. The tournament was held in five sections: Championship, U1900, U1700, U1500 and U1200. The organizers have introduced some unique tournament features in order create a pleasant environment for playing chess. See the list in the […]
US Cadet begins today
The US Cadet Field # Name Rtng St 1 Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr 2426 NY 2 Bodek, Michael 2407 NY 3 Gu, Christopher 2364 RI 4 Black Jr, James 2349 NY 5 Colas, Joshua 2345 NY 6 Williams, Justus 2343 NY 7 Hua, David 2329 NJ 8 Wu, Christopher 2295 NJ The event takes place in Baltimore, […]
Chess made all the difference
Tournament tests skills in chess, lifeBy Nick Madigan Sun ReporterMay 21, 2008 Sam Macer was the kind of kid who, to put it kindly, didn’t care to conform.”I don’t know how many middle schools he’s been kicked out of,” said Belinda Chance, the art teacher and chess coach at West Baltimore’s Dickey Hill Elementary/Middle School, […]
The amazing effect of chess
Students learn the right moves for life60 schools participate in the Baltimore Kids Chess League By Nick Madigan Sun reporterMay 19, 2008 Three years ago, they didn’t know a pawn from a rook.”This is a chessboard,” Daniel Katz recalled saying to his pupils on the first day of class, in 2005, at Cross Country Elementary […]
Picture from CC Final Four
Photo courtesy of Dr. Alan Sherman of UMBC Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar