For Immediate ReleaseMedia Contact: Deb Klein deb@brooklynlyceum.com 917.405.9909 CALLING ALL KNIGHTS! Forget the Round Table; Brooklyn Lyceum brings to the Borough of Kings – along with Rooks and Bishops – the Inaugural BROOKLYN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. Release and updates. BROOKLYN...
The story of IS 318
Click on the image above to view the documentary CHESS MOVIE – The Story of I.S. 318 – The Best Jr. High Chess Team in the CountryProject by Rescued Media Rescued Media Inc. was started by Katie and Nelson...
1st ever Brooklyn Championship
First-ever Brooklyn Chess Championship draws attention from borough’s stars of all ages BY Mike MclaughlinDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Wednesday, January 20th 2010, 4:00 AM Calling all would-be Brooklyn Bobby Fishers: Here’s a chance to show off your chess moves....
Using chess to boost business
Sputnik Chess Knight of Champions Every Tuesday is Chess Knight (ha) of Champions at Sputnik bar in Brooklyn. Put on your thinking cap at 8 p.m. when the chess night sign-up starts. Get your mental duel on! Checkmate! Neighborhood:...
10 straight for Murrow HS
State’s chess kings are from Brooklyn’s Murrow High School for 10th year in a rowBY Veronika BelenkayaDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERTuesday, March 10th 2009, 4:00 AM How do they do it? The legendary chess team at Edward R. Murrow High...
Brooklyn powerhouse
Brooklyn team wins 10th straight state chess championshipby Elizabeth GreenGothamSchools – New York, NY, USA The high school chess team dubbed the Kings of New York in a 2007 book won a state title for the 10th year in...
Marty honors boro’s chess kings
Brooklyn Children’s Museum welcomes visitor No. 100,000BY GAYLE DEWEES DAILY NEWS WRITERTuesday, January 20th 2009, 1:42 AM The newly renovated Brooklyn Children’s Museum welcomed its 100,000th visitor at the new Rafael Viñoly-designed building last Wednesday. Park Slope resident Monica...
Ostrovskiy dominates in Pittsburgh
Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr BROOKLYN CHAMP CAN CHESS-THUMPBy YOAV GONENNew York Post May 16, 2008 — Brooklyn’s Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, a sixth-grader at IS 234, was crowned national chess champion this week after besting 2,200 students at a tournament in Pittsburgh. Although...
Mixed feelings by chess fans
CanarsieIn the Land of Fischer, Dismay and Awe By SAKI KNAFOPublished: February 10, 2008 ON Saturdays, a dozen habitués of the Brooklyn Chess Club sit under fluorescent lights in a synagogue in Canarsie, moving plastic pawns and bishops across...