Chess club says the ancient game is still stimulating mindsPosted: Feb 16, 2012 5:33 PM CSTUpdated: Feb 16, 2012 7:49 PM CSTBy Danielle ThomasBILOXI, MS (WLOX) – It’s an ancient game that players say continues to challenge minds and...
Chess more than a game
Chess more than a gameBy ROBERT LEE LONGCommunity EditorPublished: Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:11 AM CST SOUTHAVEN — The clicking sound of chess pieces being moved around chess boards by more than 540 players filled the air at the...
Mississippi Scholastic Chess
Hundreds compete in scholastic chess tournamentFeb 20, 2010 8:33 PM CST It’s the weekend, but even so, many of our school children put their minds to work by playing chess. A huge crowd gathered at Forest Hill High School...
DeSoto County Schools tops in chess
DeSoto County Schools tops in chess By ROBERT LEE LONGCommunity EditorDeSoto Times Today – Hernando, MS, USA(Updated: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:04 PM CST) DESOTO COUNTY -Checkmate, Magnolia State. A total of 13 DeSoto County schools participated in the...
The chess lesson
Students learning rules, strategy of playing chessBy Charlie SmithStaff WriterMonday, February 9, 2009 11:36 AM CST Words like “diagonal,” “rook” and “trade-off” are entering the vocabularies of second- and third-graders at Claudine Brown Elementary as they learn the rules...
JPS event gives Brain Power
JPS Annual Chess Tournament Gives Brain PowerFriday, Jan 23, 2009 – 10:50 PM Updated: 11:18 PMBy Associated Press Jackson Public Schools hosted it’s annual chess tournament Friday. More than 100 elementary students in the “Open Doors Gifted Education Program”...
Mississippi teen to compete in the National
GEORGE CLARK Hattiesburg American Area teen to compete in national chess tourneyBy NANCY KAFFER Clay Polk came late to the chess board, but in the four years since the Hattiesburg teen first opened with a pawn, he has made...
The game of Kings has a lot to offer
Thames kids face off over chess boardBy Nancy Kaffer Hattiesburg, Miss Robert Green, 11, likes chess for its strategy. Semaj Harris, 10, likes the king because it’s the most powerful piece. Ten-year-old Maya Loncar likes the game because she...
Mississippi Scholastic Chess
Long Creek, McAdams do well in Miss.Scholastic Chess Tournament The 2007 Mississippi Scholastic Individual and team Chess Tournament was held Saturday at the Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Jackson. Over 40 schools and 300 students were in attendance....