I’m pleased to announce that Lisa Suhay will be joining WVEC next week as our Social Media Coordinator. This is a new position on our staff and Lisa’s background gives her outstanding preparation to help us ramp up our...
Phiona Mutesi in Norfolk
Ugandan chess prodigy enthralls Norfolk students By Sarah Hutchins The Virginian-Pilot April 12, 2013 NORFOLK It was hunger that drove Phiona Mutesi to chess. And it was chess that drove the 17-year-old Ugandan everywhere else. Mutesi, a rising...
1st Annual NICE Awards Event Valentines Day 2013
1st Annual NICE Awards Event Valentines Day 2013 CONTACT: Lisa Suhay, executive director, Norfolk Initiative for Chess Excellence (NICE) Cell (757) 339-1811 | email Lsuhays2@cox.net Website www.NiceChess.net WHERE: Lamberts Point Community Center, Norfolk, VA WHEN: Valentines...
Knight Train On The Right Track
Knight Train On Track Brooklyn’s got a Castle. Norfolk’s got the Knight Train on track By Lisa Suhay Brooklyn may have a Castle, as demonstrated in the new film Brooklyn Castle about how chess changes the lives of at-risk youth, but...
“Awesomeness”
Father’s Day is every day with surfer dad and ‘adventure time’ Father’s Day can be every day because this surfer dad’s wife feels the need to ‘give Papas back their John Wayne meets Father-Knows-Bestness’ and ditch the popular culture...
National Gaming Day: Chess
There is still tie to encourage libraries across the nation to choose chess for November’s National Gaming Day over Scrabble and electronic games etc. We have set the example. Let’s get all the others on board! Locally, we will...
Spartan Chess Power
Norfolk State University Spartan takes on the kids in chess Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar