Whitney Young Chess Team Wins Fourth State Title In Six Years February 25, 2016 1:36 PM By Bernie Tafoya CHICAGO (CBS) — At some schools, being on the chess club might make you a frequent target for ridicule, but...
Legendary Tuba City High School Chess Team
1984 Arizona H.S. State Championship Chess Team Front: Gary Donald Davis, Rex Butler, Mike Algiene (Belinte)Back: Patrick Begay, Scott Johnson Tuba City High School (Arizona) Chess Team State Champs: 1984, ’85, ’90, ’91 Chess is definitely one of my...
Darwin Yang wins HS Championship
Dallas junior is chess champBy Teri Figueroa10:08 P.M.APRIL 6, 2014 MISSION VALLEY — A Dallas junior walked away Sunday with top individual honors in the 2014 National High School (K-12) Championships, a chess tournament that draws hundreds of players....
Roxbury wins NJHS Championship
Roxbury chess team wins NJ Junior High State ChampionshipBy Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger on March 03, 2014 at 10:46 AM, updated March 03, 2014 at 10:48 AM ROXBURY — The Roxbury Scholastic Chess Club of Eisenhower Middle School won the...
Benet Academy takes 2nd place at IHSA Chess State Championship
Benet Academy took runner up at the IHSA Chess Team State Championship. Read the full release below. The Benet Academy Chess Team captured second place at the 40th annual IHSA Chess Team State Championship held in Peoria, Illinois on...
Pep rally for state champs Whitney Young
School rallies behind championship chess teamWhitney Young Magnet High School holds pep rally for state champion chess teamFebruary 21, 2014By: Becky Vevea Orange and navy blue balloons arch beneath one of the basketball hoops in Whitney Young’s gymnasium. The...
Whitney Young HS wins IHSA Championship again
Illinois Chess Championship for Whitney Young Helped by ‘Senior Master’By Darryl Holliday on February 17, 2014 8:44am CHICAGO — This weekend saw Sam Schmakel’s last chess series as a high school student, but leading Whitney Young High School to...
1,500 young players to compete in Peoria
Peoria Hosts Annual IHSA Chess Tournament 02/14/2014 12:28 PM PEORIA – More than 1,500 students are playing for the state chess champion title in Peoria. The 40th annual tournament has been held at the Civic Center for over a...
A touching move by a high school class
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Murrow HS chess team wins for 16th straight time
Edward R. Murrow High School chess team wins the state championships for the 16th time Coach Eliot Weiss thinks they’re going all the way. Alex Ostrovskiy is individual state champ. By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The fabled chess...