Kansas City Chess Club moves to new location Friday Posted Feb 3, 2017 at 11:00 AM As the Kansas City Chess Club celebrated 20 years of serving the local chess community, they also celebrated its recent move to the corner of Water and Kansas Streets on the historic, downtown Liberty Square, at 2 S. Water […]
KCCF Noble Quest Tournament
On Saturday November 22, 2014, the Kansas City Chess Foundation hosted the Noble Quest scholastic grade event at Johnson County Community College and it brought out 108 eager competitors that day. http://www.midwestchess.com/videos/KCCF%20Final.mp4 Winners were: K – Connor Miller1st – Daniel Volovoy2nd – Solomon Wu3rd – Veronika Vancsa4th – Ethan Bui5th – Josh Rubel6th – Nathan […]
Brooks tops the Heart of America Spring Open
IM Michael Brooks tops the Heart of America Spring Open The Heart of America Spring Class Championships took place on April 19-20, 2014, at the Ramada Inn, 1601 N Universal Ave., Kansas City MO 64120. The event had six sections: Open, A, B, C, D, Under 1200 & Unrated, and the playing format was 5-round […]
Heart of America Chess Tournament
Heart of America Chess TournamentSpring April 19-20, 2014 Ramada Inn, 1601 N Universal Ave., Kansas City MO 64120 HR: $59 for 1-4 in a room or $59 for a King room reserve by 4/3 or rate increases mention Heart of America Chess for the group rate 6 Sections: Open, A, B, C, D, […]
Kansas City FIDE Invitational
Kansas City FIDE Invitational A great way to get your FIDE rating norms! Organized by Kenneth Fee Directed by USCF Senior TD Bill Broich Open to players with FIDE rating or USCF rating Dates: Saturday and Sunday July 14th and 15th, 2012. Venue: The Kansas City Chess Club 7667 NW Prairie View Rd. Kansas City, […]
Choosing chess over soccer!
Auvray chose chess over soccer THE DECISION August 12, 2011 This story was originally posted on TropiGol.com on June 14, 2011 and is used with permission. KANSAS CITY — Growing up, Stephane Auvray was the master of two games — chess and soccer. He choose sports over the board game and has wound up as […]
Photos from Kansas City, Missouri
45 photos from Kansas City, MO event: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/KansasCityMO Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
LINC video from Kansas City
Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar from LINC on Vimeo. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Promoting chess in KC
June 29, 2011 GM Susan Polgar visits Westport Chess Club of Kansas City, Missouri Grandmaster and 4-time Womens’ World Chess Champion Susan Polgar visited our chess club last night. She was in town promoting scholastic chess. She met with members of LINC and answered questions for an hour at the Kansas City Central Library at […]
Visiting the Show Me state (Missouri)
After visiting St. Louis earlier in the day, I dashed across the state of Missouri to Kansas City (about a 4 hour drive from St. Louis) to meet with a large group of kids, parents, and coaches from LINC in early evening. As soon as that event was over, I visited a full house at […]