This story was sent to me by chessville.com One Boy’s Chess Story My son is now 11. Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), he has had real social and behavioral difficulties since he was 18 months old, when we were asked to remove him from our church-based day-care. Subsequently, he was thrown out of […]
Short and Long Term View
Artwork by Mike Magnan Chessville.com Interview: Question #1 asked about relatively short but primary goals for your board-tenure. What long-term goal would you also wish to initiate or re-invigorate that will benefit chess health in USA over the next 5-10 years? Randy Bauer: The USCF needs regular membership growth – without it, we will always […]
Paul Morphy by Andrew Mitchell
Contributed by Andrew Mitchell, a sophmore at Siegel High School in Murfreesboro, TN. (Sent to me by his proud Dad Rob Mitchell) Paul Charles Morphy was born June 22, 1837 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was Alonzo Michael Morphy, a lawyer, state legislator, Supreme Court Justice of Louisiana, and state attorney general. From this, […]