On 5 June, the city of Dagomys played host to the fifth round of the 46th final of the White Rook All-Russian Chess Tournament for School Teams. The city of Dagomys near Sochi was the venue for the...
Over 350 took part in Oregon Scholastic Championships
Chess players swarm Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation State Championships June 02, 2015 7:00 am A swarm of 350 chess players took part in the Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation State Championships on Saturday, April 25, in Seaside. Players from Coquille,...
1st International White Rook finals begin in Dagomys
The games of the first round of the 46th finals of the All-Russian Chess Tournament White Rook will be played in Dagomys today. For the first time since its inception, the finals have acquired international status. Aside from 328...
Checkmating bad grades with chess
How chess is putting sagging grades in checkmate Home News by Brett Henebery11 May 2015 Amaroo School, located in Canberra’s north, is providing an elective chess program for Years 6 and 7 to opt into, which is helping students...
Oregon Scholastic Championship
A crowning achievement Story by DWIGHT CASWELL Published: April 17, 2015 9:45AM Sage Pakr, 12, surpasses grandfather, heads to state chess championship Sage Park played her first chess match at the age of 4, losing to her grandfather. The...
Excellent turn out for Portuguese Youth Team
160 players participated in Portuguese Youth Team Semifinals, LisbonFeb 8, 2015 The Portuguese Chess Federation organized the National Youth Team Semifinals 2014/2015 on 7th February, 2015, in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. The event was a 7-round Swiss...
Winners of the 2015 RSSU School Champions Cup
More than 700 chess players from ten countries competed in four age groups of the Moscow Open 2015 – RSSU Chess Cup, section H, that concluded today. Ilya Makoveev (Gelendzhik) and Satbek Akhmetdinov (Kazakhstan) scored 8 points in the...
Chess giving kids the tools they need to solve the real issues in our society
Charleston scholastic chess clubs teaching kids new ways to winby Brooks Brunson Feb 1 2015 12:01 am Mount Pleasant — In the age of Instagram and “World of Warcraft,” it may come as a surprise that more and more...
Young people becoming “Great Thinkers” through Chess
Iredell chess-playing students becoming ‘great thinkers’Posted: Friday, January 30, 2015 9:28 am | Updated: 9:29 am, Fri Jan 30, 2015.By Preston Spencer A group of students huddled around a cafeteria table on Thursday, leaning in to get a better...
Schools Chess Championship in Durres, Albania
Schools Chess Championship in Durres, Albania During the recent years, after the agreement with FIDE, the Albanian Chess Federation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports has given the top priority to the ‘Chess in Schools’ project,...