Teacher returns to his Bronx high school to help kids succeed Chess-loving student becomes teacher Author: By Octavio Blanco Published On: Dec 16 2016 11:59:00 AM CST Updated On: Dec 16 2016 01:31:43 PM CST If his little brother...
Chess Coach Inspiring Kids in the Bronx
Chess instructor inspires kids June 27, 2016 8:03 PM THE BRONX – Children from P.S. 111 are racing to play chess with a Bronx man every afternoon after school. “I say if you beat me, I’ll buy you an...
Bronx Chess Team Goes for Gold
Bronx Chess Team Goes for Gold, and Then Some Jan. 24, 2013, 6:09 p.m. By Yasmeen Khan The chess team at the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics doesn’t have the storied chess legacy of, say, Edward R. Murrow...
The underdogs win the national championship
Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics underdog team wins 12th-grade title at chess nationals All of the Bronx kids who won were raised by single moms, worked weekend jobs to support their families, and studied chess for at least...
Bronx chess team preps for national championships
Bronx chess team preps for national championships: MyFoxNY.com Bronx chess team preps for national championships Updated: Thursday, 05 Apr 2012, 10:58 PM EDTPublished : Thursday, 05 Apr 2012, 10:49 PM EDT HEATHER BROWN MYFOXNY.COM – At a busy intersection...
Bronx Stars of Tomorrow
Bronx Stars of Tomorrow: Chess Master Justus WilliamsMarch 23, 2012 at 2:44 PMSource: http://www.norwoodnews.org In his first year as a teenager, Bronx native Justus Williams has already become the youngest African-American chess player to be awarded the title of...
Portrait of a Bronx Chess Champion, Age 12
Monday, August 2, 2010 As of 8:43 PM CDTPortrait of a Bronx Chess Champion, Age 12By Joy Resmovits When Bronx student Justus Williams started third grade at P.S. 70, his mother, Latisha, urged him to take on chess. The...
12 year old Bronx Chess Champ
June 29, 2010, 4:06 PM ET Portrait of a Bronx Chess Champion, Age 12 By Joy Resmovits When Bronx student Justus Williams started third grade at P.S. 70, his mother, Latisha, urged him to take on chess. The hobby...
Bronx teens choose chess
Bronx teens choose chessBronx Writing Academy assembles a national contenderby DANIEL BEEKMANFriday, June 19, 2009 10:13 AM EDT Earn a pawn; earn an A. Beware the knight; beware the night. Defend your queen; defend your dream. Risk and reward;...
Bronx kids deprive chance for national title
PARENTS BACK CHESS COACH By YOAV GONENNY Post December 6, 2007 — In the end, they’re choosing principle over their principal. Parents of 10 of 13 members of the renowned PS 70 Bronx chess team have decided to forgo...