Paredes Elementary School hosts district chess tournament November 05, 2011 9:40 PM By JACQUELINE ARMENDARIZThe Brownsville Herald There were cheerleaders, pizza and the excited yells of players — and that was only elementary-level chess practice at the school district...
150 photos from TSCC
Pictures from Texas State College Championship. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Texas State College Championship
Over 70 pictures from the Texas State College Championship here. Round 4 pairings Rd Bd Scr White Scr Black 04 101. xxx IM Cornejo, Max (3.0,2506) xxx IM Bercys, Salvijus (3.0,2511) 04 102. xxx GM Gareyev, Timur (2.5,2685) xxx...
Back to the drawing board for Brownsville
Back to the drawing board for documentary about chess in Brownsville schoolsJuly 21, 2010 9:28 PM Gary LongThe Brownsville Herald BROWNSVILLE — Supporters of a documentary film about the Brownsville school district’s chess prowess are going back to the...
From Pawns to Kings
HBO’s Real Sports premieres episode about Brownsville ChessJune 20, 2010 10:27 PMBy LAURA TILLMAN,The Brownsville Herald Brownsville’s inspiring story of children overcoming obstacles to become chess champions continues to broaden its audience. Over the past month award-winning sports reporter...
Chess Kids on the next Real Sports
Chess Kids on the next Real Sports REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL HEADS TO BROWNSVILLE, TEX. TO MEET THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF CHESS; WHEN THE EMMY®-WINNING SHOW RETURNS JUNE 22 ON HBO REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL presents...
Pictures from the Final Four
Photos from the 2010 Final Four: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/TheRoadToTheFinalFour Final standings: 1. UMBC (3 GMs, 1 IM) 8.02. UTB (3 GMs, 1 IM) 7.53. Texas Tech (3 IMs) 4.54. UTD (4 IMs) 4.0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Final Four Final Round
Lots of pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/TheRoadToTheFinalFour Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Final Four Update
All 4 UMBC – UTB games are intense. Too early to tell. In the Texas Tech – UTD matchup, IM Papp once again offered a Knight sacrifice against IM Ludwig. It’s a double edge position. If UTD beats Texas...
Final Four round 2 update
Lots of pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/TheRoadToTheFinalFour UTB GM Gareev is the 1st player to score a win against IM Zivanic of UTD. All other games are still on going, all too close to call. Texas Tech is facing the defending champion...