Bloomington Open Announcing the details for the 2nd Annual Bloomington Open!Dates: November 7-9 or 8-9, 2014 Site: Crowne Plaza Hotel and Suits MSP Airport/Mall of America, Three Appletree Square, Bloomington MN **Note different site from last year** Hotel Rate:...
Hundreds of youngsters compete for state titles
Checkmate: Hundreds of youngsters compete in state chess tournament 1 hour ago • By Karina Gonzalez NORMAL – As Bekah Nielsen sat at a checkered board-game Saturday morning she used one of her strategies to gain the edge over her competitor....
Tournament to honor MLK
Chess tournament to honor KingSource: http://www.pantagraph.com NORMAL — The 26th annual Bloomington-Normal Martin Luther King Jr. Day Chess Tournament, sponsored by the Bloomington Normal Area Scholastic Chess Organization, will be Jan. 21. K-8 students will play in four divisions,...
25th MLK chess tourney held Monday in Normal
25th MLK chess tourney held Monday in NormalBy Phyllis CoulterPosted: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:28 pm NORMAL — Garrett Scott was 19 when he heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the nation’s capitol, dreaming of a world...
It’s mentally exhausting
Tournament helps young chess players hone skills December 18, 2011 6:09 AM JAKE RUSSELL By the time the fourth chess game came around for Our Saviour seventh-grader Caden Beddingfield, he was doing all he could to keep his cool....
Bloomington-Normal vs Russia
International chess tourney: B-N students vs. RussiaBy Edith Brady-Lunny BLOOMINGTON — Benjamin Nielsen and his friends don’t speak Russian but language was not a barrier Saturday as they gathered for a chess tournament against a team in Bloomington-Normal’s sister...
International chess event in Bloomington / Normal
New Bloomington Normal Area Chess Club press release INTERNATIONAL CHESS EVENT WITH BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL STUDENTS After months of planning we have arranged a Scholastic Chess Tournament with Vladimir, our sister city in Russia. There are around 500 children in the...
Bloomington chess expands
Downtown’s ‘chess ambassador’ settles into much larger space By Michele Steinbacher BLOOMINGTON — To Colley Kitson, chess is more than a hobby. The State Farm Insurance Cos. employee has spent his free time during the last decade as a...
The Bloomington Success
Hoose chess club 3rd in national tournamentBy Michele Steinbacher NORMAL — In many ways, Colene Hoose Elementary School first-graders are just starting out in life, but some them already have managed to make some impressive moves. The Hoose kindergarten-and-first-grade...
Bloomington – Normal, a model chess program
Chess players place in national championshipBy Phyllis CoulterPantagraph.comBloomington – Normal, ILNORMAL — Twin City student chess players continue to make their names known at national competitions. Bloomington-Normal sent 32 students from eight area schools to the national elementary-school chess...