Chess wins fifth straight Pan-Am By Mike Thomas | February 8th, 2017 The Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) took a first place tie at the Pan-American Championships in New Orleans Dec. 30. The tie for first place...
Chess Tip for Parents
Chess tip for parents: Your children do NOT need to play EVERY weekend or in EVERY tournament available. Yes, it is very important for them to learn to compete, learn to win, and learn to handle losses. But it...
Aiming to inspire more girls in Chess
Webster University’s Susan Polgar is committed to inspiring more girls in chess By Will Jarvis | Jan 5, 2017 Special to espnW.com Chess is a game long dominated by men. The world champions have always been men. The Grandmaster...
Daily Chess Improvement: Practical Winning Chess Tactic!
White to move. How should White proceed? Susan Polgar vs. Vasilios Kotronias (Corfu, 1990) 8/5r1k/1p1p3P/p1pP1p2/P1P3Np/KP5P/1B3pq1/1B2R3 w – – 0 1
The Faces of Final Four Champions in the Past 6 Years
SPICE Final Four Records (2011 – 2016) 15 W – 3 T – 0 L) 2011 Final Four Champions – TTU: GM Anatoly Bykhovsky (Israel) – GM Davorin Kuljasevic (Croatia) – IM Itsvan Sipos (Hungary) – GM Andre Diamant...
The Secret to Chess Improvement
One of the biggest problems which cause players not to progress or at a much slower pace is the “Lack of Objectivity”. We see this problem with so many chess players as well as coaches. We see the same...
SP Power Principles of Chess
Click (Susan Polgar SPICE chess training guide) to download your FREE copy of Chess Training Guide for Parents and Teachers. FREE chess training guide for parents and teachers via Webster University: http://www.webster.edu/documents/spice/chess-training-guide.pdf One of the most common questions I face...
Polgar amadrina el centenario del Colegio Americano (Merida, Yucatan)
Susan Polgar amadrina el centenario del Colegio Americano Viernes, 6 de enero de 2017 – 11:07 pm Con una entrega de reconocimientos a los estudiantes-ajedrecistas más destacados, así como a la GM húngara Susan Polgar, ayer se festejó el...
Q & A about my experience with Bobby Fischer
I received many questions about Bobby. Here are some selected ones. Question: How did you meet Bobby Fischer? Answer: In 1992, Bobby played his second match against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia and was unable to return to the U.S....