Updated: Thursday, March 6 2014, 02:22 PM EST A 5-year-old chess player will be competing in a state chess tournament this weekend. Ivanna Harried, a kindergartener at Govans Elementary School will be competing in MCA’s 18 annual scholastic tournament, sponsored by Silver Knights Chess. Ivanna was taught to play game by her father, Ian, who […]
Republican asks Democrat for bipartisanship to have chess in curriculum
Pasadena: Bipartisanship is a no-brainer when it comes to chessPosted: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:00 amBy KELLEY LEMONS Correspondent State Sen. Bryan Simonaire is crossing the aisle in the name of the king and the queen. And the rook, knight, bishop and pawns. “Parents are constantly looking for additional ways to simulate their children’s educational […]
State lawmakers support chess in schools
State senators to play chess at Northeast HighMonday, December 2, 2013 2:47 pm PASADENA — State Sen. Bryan Simonaire will join two other lawmakers Wednesday in the first of three chess matches against high school students. State Sens. Jamie Raskin, D-Montgomery, and Ulysses Currie, D-Prince George’s, will join the Pasadena Republican at Northeast High School […]
Veterans crushed women’s team at Razuvaev Memorial
Men vs Women Men (10.5): Gulko 3½ out of 4, Alburt and Mikhalchishin 2½, Tukmakov 2 Women (5.5): Krush 2, Zatonskih and Kosteniuk 1½, Sedina ½ http://www.mdchess.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Washington International
The 2nd Annual Washington International is taking place on 6-11th August at the Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Maryland, United States. The tournament is being played over 9 rounds of Swiss system with the time control 40/90, SD/30 30/inc. Among the registered players, we find 11 Grandmasters and 16 International Masters with a wide range […]
NBC-TV (KSDK) Webster University Chess
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (KSDK) – It is a Final four without the sound of sneakers squeaking. Where cheering is forbidden and trash talking really doesn’t exist. “Like when you beat an opponent he’ll say you’re lucky,” explained Wesley So, a freshman from the Philippines. See what I mean? But then this is chess, a game […]
All The Right Moves
All The Right Moves Area boasts a pair of national chess team champions: Vianney High & Webster University by Jaime Mowers April 12, 2013 A pair of local chess teams are basking in the glow of recent national championship wins. Webster University’s Gorlocks and St. John Vianney High School’s Golden Griffins are celebrating their national titles. Webster […]
Chess fever at Webster University
This is the artwork featured in this week’s Webster University student magazine the The Journal. It is to promote the upcoming SGA election. Chess is also the cover story. Webster University chess team wins Final Four championship by Tierre Rhodes April 10, 2013 During the Webster University chess team’s last match of the Final Four […]
A great day for chess, for Webster and for Webster’s chess team
Webster University Wins National Chess TitleApril 8, 2013 4:15 PMCBS-TV ST. LOUIS – Webster University made history this weekend when it became the first St. Louis team ever to win a Final Four collegiate chess championship. Webster’s top-ranked chess team emerged victorious in the President’s Cup – also known as the Final Four of Collegiate Chess […]
Webster University Wins US ‘Final Four’ of Chess
US-Hungarian Susan Polgar, left, and the players for the Webster University chess team, which captured the United States’ most prestigious collegiate chess championship over the weekend Webster University Wins US ‘Final Four’ of ChessRIA Novosti. Samir Shakhbaz ROCKVILLE, Maryland (RIA Novosti) – While much of the United States has been transfixed by the Final Four […]