Fifth-grader tops high school senior to capture Mayor’s Cup Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 9:00 pm | Updated: 11:05 pm, Wed Dec 2, 2015. By Daniel J. Chacón Around the time he was in kindergarten, Asher Nathan proved to...
An unsung chess hero
Taos News Unsung Heroes: Dennis HedgesSaturday, October 13, 2012 1:00 pm Chess is like a lake that a mosquito can float on or an elephant can bathe in. Dennis Hedges has taught hundreds of kids how to play chess....
Grandmaster scores a major victory
Chess Grandmaster wins championshipPosted: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:09 pm Chess Grandmaster Georg Meier, a freshman finance major from Germany, won the United States g/15 Open Championship at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque with a perfect score...
United States g/15 Open Championship
Final standingsUnited States g/15 Open ChampionshipAlbuquerque, New Mexico 1 | GM GEORG MEIER |6.0 TX | 14508324 / Q: 2646P23 – 2691 2 | BENJAMIN CORARETTI |5.0 NM | 12705539 / Q: 2018 – 2079 3 | GM ALEX...
UNM pawns Yale, Princeton for national title
Chess club pawns Yale, Princeton for national titleBy Ashley McElroy | New Mexico Daily Lobo The UNM Chess Club competed in its first intercollegiate championship in December and checked back into New Mexico with a Division III title. Along...
Chess players always think ahead
NM Lior Lapid (right) at the 2011 SPICE Cup Open Chess players always think aheadBy Hailey Heinz / Journal Staff WriterTue, Nov 29, 2011 When elementary school students play chess, it looks a little different from the thoughtful, slow...
2012 Southern Rocky FIDE Open – 2012 United States G/15 Championship
2012 Southern Rocky FIDE Open (80GP) & 2012 United States G/15 Championship (10GP)February 23rd-26th, 2012 UNM Student Union Building / Hilton Homewood ABQ Airport (Thur.) Featuring GM Melik Khachiyan & GM Alex Yermolinsky Sections: Open (FIDE & USCF Rated),...
Castling over sandwiches
Castling over sandwiches: Teacher uses lunchtime for chess By Jenny Kane The Daily Times Posted: 09/01/2011 12:17:19 AM MDT FARMINGTON — Chess is not just a stuffy intellectuals’ rainy day pastime in Heights Middle School teacher Wayne Leupold’s classroom....