Young Chess Queen Makes Her MovesRun Date: 03/26/07By Angeli RasburyWeNews correspondent As a black girl Darrian Robinson faces minority status on two levels in the high-cost, high-pressure world of competitive chess. But the 12-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., isn’t focusing...
The thin line between winning and losing
This was originally published in my June 2006 www.chesscafe.com column Win with Grace, Lose with Dignity Every year I travel to countless places across the United States to promote chess, especially for young people. In each lecture, I always...
Scholarship Opportunities at the SP World Open
First Annual Susan Polgar World chess Challenge for BoysSections: under 19, 14, 11, 8 (as of June 8, 2007) Second Annual Susan Polgar World Open Championship for GirlsSections: Open, under 14, 11, 8 (as of June 8, 2007) Part...
Learning Chess the Easy Way!
It is now available with captions in English, Spanish, French and German! It is being used at countless schools across the country and around the world! Cool and Fun for kids! You can get more information or order it...
I will do more!
Painting by my sister Sofia To the many of you who constantly give me words of encouragement to fight the destructive chess politicians who held US Chess and the USCF back for years: Thank you! I can assure you...
Chess Coaching Tips
This was first published in my monthly www.chesscafe.com column in December 2005 Coaching TipsThere are approximately 1,600 children competing in the National K-12 / Collegiate Championship in Houston, Texas. Since I started attending a few years ago, this is...
A day in the life of a Chess Mom and Professional
Many people asked me what is like to be Susan Polgar for a day. Well, I will give you an example of a day in my life. I do this 7 days a week. I am a Mom, a...
Create your own caption
This is Mikhail Gorbachev making the first move in my match against Anatoly Karpov in Lindsborg, Kansas. This event was organized by Dr. Mikhail Korenman, the city of Lindsborg, the state of Kansas and Paul Truong.Create your own caption...
Important Scholastic Q&A
This was originally published in my monthly column for www.ChessCafe.com. Scholastic Chess Q & A Scholastic chess is booming in America and scholastic memberships are growing steadily each year. In the past few years attendance records have been set...
Never been seen picture
A blogger friend just found this French clipping from many years ago. It is me teaching Sofia. I don’t even remember ever seeing this picture until now. Thank you! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar