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Vulcan Open chess tournament results and summer chess camps - AL.com
AL.com
AL.com
Winning top honors in the Vulcan Open Section was former Alabama state chess champion Scott Varagona. The tournament attracted several of Alabama's strongest adult and scholastic players. Current state scholastic chess co-champion Jonathan Rasberry ...
Research Proves Chess Helps Students Perform Better in Class - AllAfrica.com
AllAfrica.com
Since this year began, scholarly chess was rolled out as a compulsory subject from Standard 1-8 at Winka Academy. The head teacher Mr. Lucas Mburu says, "Scholastic chess in our school has been extremely rewarding. Our pupils' mental abilities and ...
Jack Sheedy: NCCC time capsule a muck, but 'college lasts forever' - Torrington Register Citizen
Torrington Register Citizen
There are old photos on the walls, including one of me posing for a chess club picture for the 1967 yearbook. Wow, I had hair back then. ... This was the yearbook that should have shown me receiving some kind of scholastic award. There was no such ...
WNY Refresh calendar: Scott's top 10 picks of the week - Buffalo News
Buffalo News
Juneteenth Annual Scholastic Chess Championship: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Main Place Mall, Upper Level, 390 Main St.; cost is $10. Mail checks by Thursday, with full name, age, email and telephone. Make checks payable to The Archangel 8 Chess Academy, ...
Cape Elizabeth High School - Press Herald
Press Herald
Press Herald
Cape Elizabeth High School held its graduation ceremony on June 7 at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth. Below are the students who rose to the top 10 percent in the class of 2015. SierraBatesCEHS2015 SIERRA BATES, is a daughter of Amy and ...
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Landon Holley awarded American Municipal Power scholarship - GoDanRiver.com
GoDanRiver.com
Landon Holley, a senior at Tunstall High School, was named a recipient of a $2,000 Richard H. Gorsuch Scholarship, one of four awarded by American Municipal Power. Holley was nominated for the scholarship by the City of Danville Utilities Department.
Crescent Valley Honors, Awards and Plans last names P through Z - Corvallis Gazette Times
Corvallis Gazette Times
Gil Parnon: National Merit Semifinalist, Oregon Game Project Challenge — Award for Technical Excellence, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — Silver Key for Excellence in Visual Arts, First Robotics Team, animation captain, co-president of League of ...
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CTC College For Kids opens this month - The Killeen Daily Herald
The Killeen Daily Herald
Beginning Scholastic Chess (age 8-14): This program features a balance of fun and formal chess instruction plus friendly competition. Each student will receive group and individual instruction. The class is Monday-Thursday, June 15-18, from 1-3 p.m ...
A Map Of The Most Common Paths For All 32 Chess Pieces - io9
io9
There are just 32 pieces on a chessboard, but the number of patterns in which those pieces can move in the course of an individual game are astronomical. Still, as these maps show, despite all those different possibilities, each piece has a pretty ...
Knights co-hosting Sunday chess tourney in city - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Photographs will be taken during the tournament and awards ceremony. Section champions will qualify to represent the Golden Knights of Lockport at the second annual Juneteenth Scholastic Chess Championship, which is set for June 13 at the Main Place ...
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On Chess: Game of kings belongs to kids - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
Of course, an age of 1 is quite early to learn chess, but in a kids' chess class at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis a few years back, I did have a 2-year-old who came every week! He only knew how the pawns moved, but that was still ...
Chess coach teaches a way of life to local youths - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
At the 48th annual New York State Scholastic Championships, held in Saratoga Springs in late February, Golden Knights player Ashton A. Williams was the undefeated champion in the Elementary Reserve category, while Jonathan P. Carmina took second ...
DPS School of The Week: Chrysler Elementary - Michronicleonline
Michronicleonline
Veteran school secretary Ms. Thomas who, like other staff have followed the principal from previous posts together at other DPS schools, sits behind the counter just past this chess trophy and the row of additional scholastic honors. She says that ...
Chess players swarm Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation State Championships - Coos Bay World
Coos Bay World
Coos Bay World
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, Coos Bay and Reedsport were among them. Eleventh-grader Aaron Grabinsky and Josiah ...
Sparta chess team competes at tournament - The Sparta Independent
The Sparta Independent
The Sparta Independent
SPARTA — On Monday, the Reverend Brown School Chess Team won second place in the Northwest New Jersey Scholastic Team Tournament. The tournament took place at Lake Mohawk Country Club and had 50 teams participating. Jersey Chess ...
How Chess Has Changed Over The Last 150 Years - io9
io9
io9
The rules of chess have remained consistent since the early 19th Century, but that doesn't mean our approach to the game has stayed the same. Here are some intriguing and surprising ways the Game of Kings has changed its shape over the past 150 years.
With Only 76 Jobs Created Cuomo's Start-Up NY Is A Bust -- With The Cost Of ... - Forbes
Forbes
Forbes
A committed Missouri philanthropist, I serve as president of the Show Me Institute, a state think-tank for limited government, and am president and chairman of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. To learn more, please visit my website ...
Students show off skills and sportsmanship at citywide chess tournament - Baltimore Brew
Baltimore Brew
Baltimore Brew
“The Baltimore Kids Chess League has continued to produce quality players,” said Steve Alpern, going on to call it the city's “best scholastic program” in terms of the number of participants and number of students who go on to compete at the national ...
In Detroit, kids learn about chess — and life - Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Fite has been teaching kids how to play chess for more than a decade. He founded the Detroit City Chess Club, the largest chess club in the city and likely the biggest scholastic club statewide, and coaches school teams that are gaining national ...
Southern School Notebook: The top 10% of Cape Elizabeth High seniors - The Forecaster
The Forecaster
The Forecaster
She has participated in the debate team, math team, science team and chess club. Jordan has played both ice hockey and field hockey, being named to the Western Maine All-Conference team in ice hockey, and the conference All-Academic teams in both ...