A look back at a Christian Science Monitor article from 2 years ago Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar is a model for kids in all sports The nation is wrapped up in the throes of the Final Four college basketball...
GM Yannick Pelletier wins Swiss Championship for the 5th time
The 114 Individual Swiss Chess Championship took place from 27th September to 10th October 2014 in Bern, the capital of Switzerland ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life. GM Yannick Pelletier won the...
Kjartansson is new Icelandic champion
The Icelandic Chess Championship 2014 took part from 23rd May to 1st June, 2014 in the city of Kopavogur, Iceland. The tournament, organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation and Breidablik Chess Club, was the strongest Icelandic Chess Championship ever,...
Webster University – SPICE New Home
Court Rules in Favor of Webster UniversityMay 22, 2014 On Wednesday, May 21, Judge Mark Seigel ordered the City of Webster Groves to grant Webster University a conditional use permit within 60 days to allow the University to use...
Kotanjian wins Armenia’s Chess Championship, earns spot on Olympiad team
The last 9th round of the Highest League Tournament of Armenia’s Chess Championships was held at Chess House after Tigran Petrosian in Yerevan today. GM Tigran Kotanjian drew against Zaven Andriasian. Tigran Kotanjian has scored 6.5 points out of...
IM Puchen Wang is champion of New Zealand
The 121st New Zealand Chess Congress was held on 2-12th January at the Alexandra Function Centre, Green Lane, in Auckland. The Congress consisted of New Zealand Rapid Championship (2-3 Jan), New Zealand Lightning Championship (3rd Jan), 121st New Zealand...
Max Illingworth is the new Australian Champion
The 2014 Australian Chess Championships were held at Springvale Town Hall, Springvale, Victoria from 2nd to 11th January 2014. The Australian Chess Championship is the most prestigious event on the Australian Chess calendar, which features many of the country’s...
Champion for the 12th time
Icelandic Chess Champion for the 12th time Sunday, 09 June 2013 16:03 Icelandic Grandmaster, Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson became the Icelandic Chess Champion yesterday. This is the 12th time Hannes receives the title. Hannes fought a duel against Björn Þorfinnsson...
Better late than never, maybe
The 2013 Webster University – SPICE College Chess Final Four Championship team (So, Meier, Robson, Corrales, Hoyos, and Bykhovsky) will finally have a chance to hoist the President’s Cup and have their pictures taken with it on Monday, April...