A THINKING KID’S GAMECONTENT EDITOR · MAR 2ND, 2014 A thinking kid’s game Barbara LawlorNederland Last Wednesday night, the first Nederland Youth Chess Club proved to be a popular program, with 11 fifth-grade students showing up to learn the basics: how to set up the pieces and how to move them. It’s a lot to […]
Chess club in Colorado Springs welcome new players

All Ages Chess Club Feb 22, 2013 – Feb 12, 2013 3 – 5 p.m. Briargate Library, 9475 Briar Village Point, Suite 100, Colorado Springs CO, 80920 Bring a friend, or meet a new opponent for a casual game of chess or checkers. For experts and beginners, all ages welcome. Security guard Tony will be available […]
The Presidential Debate

President B. Obama and Former MA Governor M. Romney debated last night in Denver. You decide who’s more fit to lead the US for the next four years. This is a full video of the Presidential debate last night. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess provides refuge for economic downtrodden
Chess provides refuge for economic downtrodden4:57 PM, Jan 7, 2012 DENVER – Down on the 16th Street Mall, there’s a place where anybody can be king. And, if you ask them about the kingdom, they say someone’s been making the wrong moves. “We’re beggars and it hurts,” said Alex Maxwell, a homeless man. “There are […]
Chess Club Challenges All Ages

Chess Club Challenges All AgesVolunteer Shares Love Of Chess With EveryoneMitch Jelniker, 7NEWS Anchor, Keely Walker, Producer HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — It is one of the most popular games in the world, but it can also be intimidating. 7Everyday Hero Frank Atwood is focused on making the game of chess available to everyone. “Chess lets […]
Chess Gaining Popularity in District 51 Schools

Checkmate: Chess Gaining Popularity in District 51 SchoolsThe pieces are falling into place for chess to make a big move here in School District 51Posted: 4:46 PM Feb 7, 2011Reporter: Tim Ciesco GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) – The pieces are falling into place for chess to make a big move here in School District 51. […]
“CHEKM8”

Publish Date: 2/1/2010 Chess enthusiasts geeked up over annual tourney By Tom HackerLoveland Reporter-Herald Among the odd couples who sat at tables facing one another at The Ranch on Sunday, one of the oddest was a slight 12-year-old boy and a barrel-chested man, 60-something, with a tangle of white hair. Neither was able to speak, […]
Chess gives kids new ‘checkmates’

Chess gives kids new ‘checkmates’By Marcy Miranda Moving bishops, rooks and pawns around a chess board, kids as young as 5 years old were competing head-to-head with each other Saturday in one of the last citywide chess tournaments being held this year. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade competed for team and individual trophies in […]
Chess player scores spot in national competition

Alexa Lasley, 14Chess player scores spot in national competitionApril 27, 2009 – 11:09 AM Matt Lasley taught his daughter how to play chess. Now Alexa can school her dad in the game. Alexa, a home-schooler from Black Forest, is preparing to travel to Texas for the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls, being held this […]
Colorado Scholastic Chess

COLORADO CHESS: Scholastic series under wayBy Todd Bardwick, Special to the RockyPublished February 1, 2009 at 3 p.m.Updated February 1, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. Four of the seven tournaments in the 2008-2009 Denver Scholastic Chess Series have been completed, with more than 265 children participating in at least one of the events. The three remaining […]