Checkmate: Hundreds of youngsters compete in state chess tournament 1 hour ago • By Karina Gonzalez NORMAL – As Bekah Nielsen sat at a checkered board-game Saturday morning she used one of her strategies to gain the edge over her competitor....
Chess tournament to honor MLK
Chess tournament honors ‘hallowed’ King anniversaryBy Phyllis Coulter NORMAL — Four-year-old Alexander Daniels ran into his father’s waiting arms Monday, excitingly saying the end of his first chess game was a draw, but fun. The 26th annual Bloomington-Normal MLK...
25th MLK chess tourney held Monday in Normal
25th MLK chess tourney held Monday in NormalBy Phyllis CoulterPosted: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:28 pm NORMAL — Garrett Scott was 19 when he heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the nation’s capitol, dreaming of a world...
Bloomington-Normal vs Russia
International chess tourney: B-N students vs. RussiaBy Edith Brady-Lunny BLOOMINGTON — Benjamin Nielsen and his friends don’t speak Russian but language was not a barrier Saturday as they gathered for a chess tournament against a team in Bloomington-Normal’s sister...
International chess event in Bloomington / Normal
New Bloomington Normal Area Chess Club press release INTERNATIONAL CHESS EVENT WITH BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL STUDENTS After months of planning we have arranged a Scholastic Chess Tournament with Vladimir, our sister city in Russia. There are around 500 children in the...
Over 300 turned out for Normal MLK day chess
Chess moves captured students on Martin Luther King DayBy Michele Steinbacher NORMAL — More than 300 area students spent their day off from school Monday focused on intellectual pursuit. But most said the draw to one of the Twin...
700+ kids compete in Bloomington-Normal
700 kids compete in local chess tourney Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:19 PM CSTBy Edith Brady-LunnyNORMAL — Chess is a game that builds concentration and logical thinking. For more than 700 young players who competed Saturday in the Illinois...