Precision Tune Auto Care of South Carolina is sponsoring a four city tour by Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov to promote the 2009 2009 South Carolina Open Chess Tournament in Greenville, SC, on June 26 – 28. At each city, GM...
Merriwether Middle School to host chess tournament
Merriwether Middle School to host chess tournamentFriday, May 8, 2009 12:36 AM EDTGreenwood Index Journal – Greenwood, SC, USA EDGEFIELD — Merriwether Mavericks Scholastic Chess Club will host a U.S. Chess Federation-rated tournament, beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at...
South Carolina Chess Boom
Edgewood Middle School to Host Chess TournamentPosted on 06.MAY.09 Barring any unforseen circumstances, South Carolina Chess Association president, David Grimaud will be on hand as the Merriwether Mavericks Scholastic Chess Club hosts, what is believed to be, the first-ever...
Dodds and Snowdeal to represent SC
DANIEL DODDS TO REPRESENT SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE DENKER;KRISTEN SNOWDEAL TO REPRESENT SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE POLGAR The 2009 South Carolina Scholastic Championships were held in Columbia on Saturday, February 28. Ninety-two students participated, with 43 in the Elementary...
Big turn out in South Carolina Open
Ninety chess players appeared at the South Carolina Open (three sections) held in Greenville, S.C., over the weekend. The improved attendance (65 appeared in 2007) allowed the Greenville Chess Club to pay out 145% of the guaranteed minimum prizes....
67-3 for Lubo
In preparation for the South Carolina Open to be held this weekend (6/27 – 29), GM Lubomir “Lubo” Ftacnik completed his tour across the state, playing a total of seventy games with only one loss (James MacDougall – Columbia)...
South Carolina chess with GM Ftacnik
GM Ftacnik of Slovakia is touring South Carolina this week, presenting a series of simultaneous exhibitions in the Palmetto State. On Monday, June 23, he played a simultaneous exhibition in Florence, SC, winning all eight games. On Tuesday, he...
SC HS Invitational
HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA The First Annual Palmetto High School Invitational was held in Clemson, South Carolina, in which the four highest rated active high school players in the state were invited to play in a double...
Battle of the borders
South Carolina Champion Timur Aliyev won the four game match against Chris Mabe, North Carolina’s reigning chess champion. The first two games of the match were played in Charlotte April 5-6, with each player winning a game. The final...
Going National
All the right moves – Merriwether Middle School chess champion going nationalBy MIKE ROSIER/Editor MERRIWETHER – Looking back, it’s hard to imagine that Tori Whatley picked up the game of chess merely by chance, happening upon a rook to...