PCR Chess Team Wins State Competition Second and third graders placed first in Super States Scholastic Championship, while the kindergarten and first-grade group won fifth place. By Donna Evans When a former child prodigy is impressed, you know it’s...
In memory of Sean Reader
Santa Clarita chess coaches are expected next month to makeBy Jim Holt Signal Staff WriterThursday September 20, 2007 Santa Clarita chess coaches are expected next month to make regular hospital visits to teach sick kids how to play chess,...
Jay Stallings and the CYCL
Jay Stallings (www.CYCL.org)By Jim Holt Signal Staff WriterTuesday September 11, 2007 Armed with a small army and centuries-old military tactics, Jay Stallings wages war every day.Stallings, director of the nonprofit California Youth Chess League, has become the chess guru...