Brooklyn Chess Festival Begins This Saturday! Free Chess Tournaments and other fun activities for families and players of all levels! BROOKLYN, NY, August 13, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ — New York Chess and Games is proud to announce that the second...
A common problem teen players face in chess
Brooklyn chess star battles the pressure of expectations Rochelle Ballantyne of East Flatbush was revealed as a prodigy when the documentary ‘Brooklyn Castle’ chronicled the powerhouse chess program at Williamsburg’s I.S. 318. The phenom has been chasing her potential...
BMCC Celebrates the 20-Year Anniversary of its First Chess Championship
BMCC Celebrates the 20-Year Anniversary of its First Chess Championship by Hosting a Free NYChessKids Tournament GlobeNewswire Thursday, June 20th 2013 NEW YORK, June 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Sunday, June 23, 2013, Borough of Manhattan Community College...
Aiming to break the stereotypes
Chess, Champs and CharityNicholas D. Kristof New York Times You see America and its education system in all their glorious, exhilarating, crushing, infuriating contradictions in our national high school chess champion team. Chess tends to be the domain of...
Edward Murrow HS wins HS Championship AGAIN!
Edward R. Murrow High School takes home eighth championship from national tourney The Midwood, Brooklyn school won the National High School Chess Championships in Nashville, Tenn. Sunday. ‘We want an invitation to the White House!’ coach Eliot Weiss said,...
Do you believe in the power of chess?
By Frank Cerabino Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Do you believe in the power of chess? Riviera Beach City Councilman Shelby Lowe does, and he’s hoping to ignite a chess youth movement in his city, a movement that starts...
Edward Murrow High School chess team’s success
16th win for Edward R. Murrow High School’s top chess teamElite Brooklyn players come in first again at annual citywide high school championship By Ginger Adams Otis / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSMonday, January 28, 2013, 3:27 PM It’s sweet...
The game is a beautiful equalizer on so many levels
Learning Curve: Chess and success in the inner city Robert Nott | The New Mexican Posted: Sunday, December 09, 2012 I can’t remember the first name of my middle school math teacher. In those days, students didn’t get to know the...
Q&A with former US Women’s Champ WIM Root
Producers Distribution Agency & Rescued Media are pleased to invite you to a special screening of this movie. THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 2012 at 7:15pmAt the Cinemark West Plano3800 Dallas Parkway, Plano, TX 75093 Followed by a Q&A...
“Brooklyn Castle” is coming to St. Louis
“Brooklyn Castle” is coming to St. Louis beginning Wednesday, November 21st and I’m hoping you can both attend and help spread the word. Please pass this note along to your mailing lists, your fellow chess enthusiasts, students, teachers,...