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 be an unusually good checkers player. “That made me think that he was maybe ready for […]
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. For the last 25 years he’s been teaching students chess at Enos García Elementary School and […]
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 Sunday. Meier is co-captain of Tech’s Knight Raiders A-team, under the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess […]
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 YERMOLINSKY |4.5 SD | 12534917 / Q: 2670 – 2658 4 | GM MELIKSET KHACHIYAN |4.5 […]
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 with the title, the four-member chess team placed 13th overall at the Pan American Intercollegiate Chess […]
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 pace of adult chess. Moves are made quickly, many pieces are captured, and chatter fills the […]
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), Reserve (U1800), Booster (U1400), Unrated (non-USCF only). 5/SS all sections. 2 or 3 day schedules available […]
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. “He kills us,” said student Cody Mathes. “He crushes all of our hopes and dreams in […]