My Life-Changing Experiences at Webster University — by Irene Sukandar / January 27, 2017 It was like a dream came true when I was selected for the SPICE (Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence) scholarship to study at the...
Extensive Interview with Webster University Captain GM Le Quang Liem
Interview with Le Quang Liem — by Irene Sukandar in General, 01/12/2017 Interview with Le Quang Liem – Beyond Chess After finishing my graduate school a month ago, I could really relate how hard it was to keep competing...
SPICE dominates World Open – 4 team members tied for 1st
4 SPICE players, GMs Illia Nyzhnyk, Alex Shimanov, Vasif Durarbayli (all current members of Webster University Chess Team) and Gabor Papp (SPICE grown GM back in 2009-2010) tied for 1st at 2016 World Open. Papp won the playoff. Webster...
2 SPICE team members tied for 1st at Continental Class
2 members of Webster University SPICE chess team just tied for 1st at 2016 Continental Class Championship. IM Irene Sukandar (current grad student at Webster) and IM Priyadharshan Kannappan (incoming grad student at Webster) both scored 4-1 to earn...
Spectacular comeback!
Congratulations to 11 year old Ben Shoykhet, SPICE Junior Team Member, (and his coach / supporter IMs Irene Kharisma Sukandar / Eric Rosen) for finishing in a tie for 6th place in his 1st ever National Elementary School Championship with...
Webster U Irene Sukandar & Katerina Nemcova share 2nd in Suriname
Final ranking after 9 rounds Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 8 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael VEN 2339 7,0 0,0 39,0 38,00 2 1 GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2562 6,0 0,0 38,5 31,50...
Webster University IM Irene Sukandar won 4th World Online Women Blitz Qualifier
The prestigious FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 continued on Thursday, August 27th with the fourth qualifier tournament being played on the official FIDE Online platform. 40 players from 20 different countries took part in the event. The 23 years old IM/...
Basketball and chess library for Carlsen after beating So
After beating Wesley So in round 5, Magnus (his Dad and Peter Heine Nielsen) came to Webster University to play basketball with our SPICE students. After basketball, they visited the SPICE office and checked out our world class chess...
Irene Kharisma Sukandar: Moscow has always been my must-visit city
The leader of the Student-Grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU in Memoriam of Alexander Pochinok came to Moscow from the distant Indonesia. After her 2nd win Irene Kharisma Sukandar kindly agreed to give a short interview to our correspondent. Q: Irene,...