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Local students compete across the board at Chess for Success competition - KATU

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 02/04/2018 - 19:10

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Local students compete across the board at Chess for Success competition
KATU
The matches were put on by the nonprofit group Chess for Success; their goal is to help children succeed by learning the game. “It involves a lot of ... you have to use your head a lot. It's more than just physical,” said Breslin, one of the ...

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Bowles knows chess - Paducah Sun

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 02/04/2018 - 00:18

Paducah Sun

Bowles knows chess
Paducah Sun
Ameer Johnson Bowles, a student at Paducah Tilghman High School, makes a move in her second-round game at the Paducah Tilghman Scholastic Chess Tournament on Saturday. PTHS students were among the 131 regional students taking part in the tournament ...

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Oak Ridge students earn spots in state chess tournament - Oak Ridge Today

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 02/03/2018 - 11:23

Oak Ridge Today

Oak Ridge students earn spots in state chess tournament
Oak Ridge Today
Oak Ridge students have earned spots in the state championship chess tournament this month. The Tennessee Chess Association Individual Regional Tournament was Saturday, January 27, at Oak Ridge High School. There were 36 competitors representing Oak ...

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9 fun things to do this first weekend of February - CBC.ca

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 02/02/2018 - 15:06

CBC.ca

9 fun things to do this first weekend of February
CBC.ca
Sunday at Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown, there's a scholastic chess tournament from 1 to 4 p.m., with registration starting at 12:15. It's open to all students in kindergarten to Grade 12. Players will be split into groups of four or six ...

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Chattanooga Students Shine At Chess Regionals - The Chattanoogan

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 01/31/2018 - 18:03

Chattanooga Students Shine At Chess Regionals
The Chattanoogan
Several students from the Chattanooga area competed in the Tennessee Scholastic Regional Championship at Lake Forest Middles School in Cleveland. The top eight in each section qualify for the State Scholastic Chess Championship. In the 3rd Grade and ...

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Chattanooga Students Shine At Chess Regionals - The Chattanoogan

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 01/31/2018 - 02:00
Chattanooga Students Shine At Chess Regionals  The Chattanoogan

Several students from the Chattanooga area competed in the Tennessee Scholastic Regional Championship at Lake Forest Middles School in Cleveland.

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Fabiano Caruana Tells Us What The Life Of A Chess Grandmaster Is Really Like - Deadspin

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 01/30/2018 - 14:56

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Fabiano Caruana Tells Us What The Life Of A Chess Grandmaster Is Really Like
Deadspin
In scholastic tournaments I was doing well, I was usually scoring near the top, so it became clear that I had some sort of knack for the game. But, there were so many talented kids that you never know how it will turn out. And, for me, I just didn't ...

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Fabiano Caruana Tells Us What The Life Of A Chess Grandmaster Is Really Like - Deadspin

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 01/30/2018 - 02:00
Fabiano Caruana Tells Us What The Life Of A Chess Grandmaster Is Really Like  Deadspin

Fabiano Caruana is the No. 2-ranked chess player in the world. He achieved Grandmaster status just before his 15th birthday back in 2007. In the 2016 Chess ...

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Chino Valley man claims 1st place at local chess blitz - The Daily Courier

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 01/30/2018 - 01:11

Chino Valley man claims 1st place at local chess blitz
The Daily Courier
Tom Green of Prescott finished second overall with 11.5 points, earning $35, while Dr. Thomas Keenan of Prescott was the best Class C/E player. He scored 8.5 points and earned $30. Ivan Marriott, a seventh grader at Prescott BASIS, who two games in his ...

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Senate Gives Key to Nels Hawkinson at Ceremony in the Capitol - St, Thomas Source

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 01/28/2018 - 00:22

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Senate Gives Key to Nels Hawkinson at Ceremony in the Capitol
St, Thomas Source
... restaurants and various aspects of the tourism industry were utilized during the stay of the athletes. Senators present were Myron Jackson, Positive Nelson, Dwayne DeGraff, Janette Millin Young, Marvin Blyden, Brian Smith, Novelle Francis and ...

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On Chess: The potency of the present - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 01/25/2018 - 13:58

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: The potency of the present
St. Louis Public Radio
Putting such enormous weight on every choice can cause crippling indecision in even the most confident chess player. It is easy to understand why poor time mismanagement is a rampant flaw at even the highest of levels. Of course, it is impossible to ...

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Concord COA announces upcoming programs - Wicked Local Concord

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 01/25/2018 - 08:25

Concord COA announces upcoming programs
Wicked Local Concord
Chess class: 2:45-4:15 p.m. Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 and 9. Nithin Kavi, a local high school student who is a national master in chess, is offering a series of four classes for seniors interested in improving their chess game. He won the seventh-grade ...

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On Chess: The potency of the present - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 01/25/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: The potency of the present  St. Louis Public Radio

Playing chess is hard.” All players — from novice to grandmaster — have uttered this phrase. As competitive activities go, chess is one of the least.

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Brunswick School and Greenwich Academy winners in chess championship - Greenwich Post

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 01/24/2018 - 10:53

Greenwich Post

Brunswick School and Greenwich Academy winners in chess championship
Greenwich Post
Brunswick School and Greenwich Academy took home many of the top honors at the 2018 Greenwich City Scholastic Chess Championship held on Jan. 21. Many of the sections were super tight, as evidenced by GA's Serena Evans and Brunswick's Miles Gillott who ...

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Nakamura Visits South African Chess Events - Chess.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 01/18/2018 - 19:22

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Nakamura Visits South African Chess Events
Chess.com
South Africa doesn't show up on these news pages often, but a flurry of events took place this month in Johannesburg. Local chess officials wanted to put their country more on the world chess map, and pulled out all the stops to do just that. More than ...

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Greenwich Academy to host chess championship - Westport News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 01/18/2018 - 16:49

Greenwich Academy to host chess championship
Westport News
Stanwich School took the team prize for 4th grade at last year's Greenwich City Scholastic Chess. Photo: Contributed. Image 1of/1. Caption. Close. Image 1 of 1. Stanwich School took the team prize for 4th grade at last year's Greenwich City Scholastic ...

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Greenwich Academy to host chess championship - Greenwich Time

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 01/18/2018 - 16:38

Greenwich Time

Greenwich Academy to host chess championship
Greenwich Time
Stanwich School took the team prize for 4th grade at last year's Greenwich City Scholastic Chess. Photo: Contributed. Image 1of/1. Caption. Close. Image 1 of 1. Stanwich School took the team prize for 4th grade at last year's Greenwich City Scholastic ...

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Greenwich Academy to host chess championship - Greenwich Time

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 01/18/2018 - 16:38

Greenwich Time

Greenwich Academy to host chess championship
Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — Greenwich Academy will host the 2018 Greenwich City Scholastic Chess Championship on January 21 for students in kindergarten through high school. The event is organized by the National Scholastic Chess Foundation and is part of its 2017-18 ...

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