Local resident selected to serve on international editorial boardPosted: Saturday, September 27, 2014 7:00 amhttp://www.chessresearch.org http://www.chessresearchsociety.orgDr. Robert Ferguson of Bradford is among the 25 international researchers and educators recently chosen to serve on the editorial board for The Journal...
Parents must support young chess players, too
Editor, the Record: In response to the March 18 editorial about the lack of girls on the Pocono Mountain East High School chess team, I would like to say that I think everyone involved would love to see girls...
Chess benefits girls, too
March 18, 2013 Why aren’t girls going out for the Pocono Mountain East High School chess team? Earlier this month the 18-member team won the Pennsylvania State Scholastic Chess Championship during a three-day tournament in Carlisle. The all-boy team...
Child’s game
Children engage in a battle of witsBy Linda HarkcomPublished: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:34 a.m. On Saturday mornings at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library, children engage in a baffle of wits as they face off against one another in...
Greater Philadelphia Junior Invitational Chess Tournament
Greater Philadelphia Junior Invitational Chess Tournament Comes to Chestnut Hill The tournament begins Friday, Aug. 12. The 2011 Greater Philadelphia Junior Invitational Chess Tournament, held previously on the Main Line for the last 10 years is coming to O’Doodles...
Dream fulfilled! Pack your bags! You’re heading to Lubbock!
Ronnie Polaneczky: Knights gather to fulfill girl’s chess dream June 18, 2011|By Ronnie Polaneczky, Daily News Columnist YOU KNOW the best part of my job? Calling someone who’s been in a pickle and letting her know that her troubles...
Students earned chess scholarships
Artwork by Mike Magnan Chess wins college scholarships for five Philadelphia studentsBy Drew Singer INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Brett Chapman has the savvy of an entrepreneur and the build of a linebacker, but his college scholarship is for neither business...
Polaneczky: Don’t let 2G checkmate Vanita’s future
Ronnie Polaneczky: Don’t let 2G checkmate Vanita’s futurePosted on Fri, Jun. 17, 2011By Ronnie PolaneczkyPhiladelphia Daily NewsDaily News Columnist WHILE CITY big-shots have been agitating over the school district’s $629 million budget gap, a quieter financial worry is tugging...
Visiting New Hope Academy
I was very impressed with this school and what they are doing for their students! Students learn from chess champion’s challenges http://www.newhopeacademy.net Two hours and 15 minutes after the first chess move was made yesterday at New Hope Academy,...
Thinking how to make an opponent uncomfortable
Chess enthusiasts gather for tournament in ScrantonBY BORYS KRAWCZENIUK (STAFF WRITER)Published: September 20, 2010 In a ballroom lit by two glittering chandeliers, an occasional throat-clearing or cough, tap on a timer or scribbling of a move on a pad...