Michigan chess player represents USA in international tourney for blind. Karl Martin Adam is currently playing in the 2009 Junior World Championship for Visually Impaired in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament has seven rounds to be played according to the...
Troy chess success
Troy students are chess championsSaturday, March 28, 2009 7:59 AM EDTBy DIANA DILLABER MURRAYOf The Oakland Press A dozen youngsters at Barnard Elementary School have been playing chess after school all year for the fun and the challenge of...
Helps kids understand
Chess club about more than strategy at WMAAAFri, Mar 27, 2009 BY PETER DAININGGrand Haven Tribune FERRYSBURG — Mario Arnson came to the West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics chess club four years ago without knowing the first...
Andrew O’Doherty
Young Howell chess player nationally rankedBY SHARON GITTLEMAN • FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER • March 15, 2009Detroit Free Press – United States Winning is totally awesome. Just ask 10-year-old Andrew O’Doherty. That was the Howell resident’s reaction when he...
Long ride home
Long ride home for chess teamBy Special to the TribuneCheboygan Daily TribuneThu Mar 05, 2009, 06:12 AM EST Cheboygan, Mich. – There is a tradition of chess excellence at Cheboygan High School, and for good reason. Over the last...
Hartland Township Pride
Chess guru wins four matches at nationalsBY LEAH BOYD • February 17, 2009Livingston Daily – Livingston, MI, USA Andrew O’Doherty of Howell, the 10-year-old chess player featured in the Press & Argus Feb. 12, is now ranked 28th in...
Howell 5th Grader Makes Mark
Howell 5th Grader Makes Mark At National Chess TournamentFebruary 17, 2009WHMI – Howell, MI, USA 2/17/09 – A Howell 10 year old has made his mark at a national chess tournament. Earlier this month we told you about Andrew...
Howell Boy Makes Move
Howell Boy Makes Move For National Chess TournamentFebruary 6, 2009 2/7/09 – A Howell boy’s talent for chess will take him to a national tournament next weekend. 10 year old Andrew O’Doherty will participate in the National Chess Tournament...
New Star in Cheboygan
Exchange student win chess tourney By Special to the TribuneWed Feb 04, 2009, 09:32 AM ESTCheboygan Daily Tribune – Cheboygan, MI, USA Cheboygan, Mich. – Finn Hilgendorff, a foreign exchange student from Germany at Cheboygan High School, won the...
Chess academy on Detroit’s west side
Chess is a sport at powerhouse academy on Detroit’s west sideBY ROCHELLE RILEY • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • February 3, 2009Seltman Hayes stands in the center of the room and counts: “Zero noise 1!”“Zero noise 2!”“Zero noise 3!” His...