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10/09 Free Columbus Day Chess in the Park Event will Honor Local Educator 1 PM - Talk of the Sound

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/05/2017 - 01:04

Talk of the Sound

10/09 Free Columbus Day Chess in the Park Event will Honor Local Educator 1 PM
Talk of the Sound
Sunil Weeramantry, Executive Director of the National Scholastic Chess Foundation, delivers a lecture as part of Chess in the Park being held on Columbus Day at the New Rochelle Library. The free event includes open play for all ages and abilities, a simu.

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10/09 Free Columbus Day Chess in the Park Event will Honor Local Educator 1 PM - Talk of the Sound

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/05/2017 - 01:04

Talk of the Sound

10/09 Free Columbus Day Chess in the Park Event will Honor Local Educator 1 PM
Talk of the Sound
Sunil Weeramantry, Executive Director of the National Scholastic Chess Foundation, delivers a lecture as part of Chess in the Park being held on Columbus Day at the New Rochelle Library. The free event includes open play for all ages and abilities, a simu.

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Youth chess tournament coming to Louisville this weekend - WHAS 11.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 10/04/2017 - 15:14

WHAS 11.com

Youth chess tournament coming to Louisville this weekend
WHAS 11.com
(WHAS 11) -- Local and regional chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. are teaming up to host a scholastic chess tournament in Louisville. It's taking place on October 7, at the University of Louisville's Student activity center at 2100 South ...

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Armenia's Levon Aronian world's 2nd strongest in URS rankings - PanARMENIAN.Net

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 10/04/2017 - 02:07

Armenia's Levon Aronian world's 2nd strongest in URS rankings
PanARMENIAN.Net
The URS was developed as a result of a collaborative research project funded by the Grand Chess Tour, the Kasparov Chess Foundation and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. There are now four players with a URS rating in excess of ...

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Chess activity coming alive in Southwest Florida - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 09/29/2017 - 17:53

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Chess activity coming alive in Southwest Florida
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
These tournaments are sponsored by the Sarasota Scholastic Chess (suncoastchess.org) founded by Danko and Heidi Bodar, Wolf Weinhold and Rick Knowlton. The organization is a group of parents, coaches, and chess enthusiasts dedicated to bringing ...

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Chess activity coming alive in Southwest Florida - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 09/29/2017 - 13:16

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Chess activity coming alive in Southwest Florida
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
These tournaments are sponsored by the Sarasota Scholastic Chess (suncoastchess.org) founded by Danko and Heidi Bodar, Wolf Weinhold and Rick Knowlton. The organization is a group of parents, coaches, and chess enthusiasts dedicated to bringing ...

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Smith continues chess success - Arizona Daily Sun

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/28/2017 - 15:33

Arizona Daily Sun

Smith continues chess success
Arizona Daily Sun
Ninety-three scholastic chess players from kindergarten to 12th grade played in four different sections. Jaiden Smith, 7th grade of Sinagua Middle School, continued his winning ways from last year by winning all five games he played in the open section.

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On Chess: Players from around the world come to St. Louis for chess tournament - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/28/2017 - 06:55

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Players from around the world come to St. Louis for chess tournament
St. Louis Public Radio
The 2017 Fall Chess Classic brought together strong grandmasters from all over the world. The tournament, which has the goal of providing experience and training opportunities to collegiate students, as well as for the American women's team, was a huge ...

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Chess club opens season with win - Plainview Daily Herald

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 09/26/2017 - 08:13

Plainview Daily Herald

Chess club opens season with win
Plainview Daily Herald
The monthly Check with Tech scholastic chess tournaments returned Saturday with the first tournament of the new year at Roscoe Wilson Elementary in Lubbock. The Plainview Homeschool Chess Club (PHCC) sent two teams of three to compete, one in the ...

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Registration for 2017-18 chess group set at School Street Elementary - Bradford Era

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 09/23/2017 - 13:12

Registration for 2017-18 chess group set at School Street Elementary
Bradford Era
Many activities are scheduled, including pizza parties, matches and tournaments. The Pennsylvania State Scholastic Championships are scheduled for March 2-4. On Nov. 1, the group will hold its annual speed chess championship. The season will end Feb.

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Leadership Spotlight: Mark Samuelian - Miami's Community Newspapers

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/21/2017 - 17:59

Miami's Community Newspapers

Leadership Spotlight: Mark Samuelian
Miami's Community Newspapers
And as a former national chess champion, he ardently supports Miami Beach scholastic chess as a coach and mentor. He is a graduate of the Miami Beach Leadership Academy, a Board Director of the Belle Isle Residents Association, and an active leader ...

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On Chess: Can chess prevent memory loss? - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/21/2017 - 10:17

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Can chess prevent memory loss?
St. Louis Public Radio
The researchers are using neuroimaging to measure whether or not a specified program of playing chess results in functional changes within the brain. This study is being conducted with funding provided by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in Saint ...

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$6 million Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington opens for Crestmont location - Indiana Daily Student

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 09/18/2017 - 22:20

Indiana Daily Student

$6 million Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington opens for Crestmont location
Indiana Daily Student
York also said that the space would be used for the Boys and Girls Club community partners such as United Way Worldwide and LIFEDesigns, as well as speakers, scholastic chess tournaments and fencing tournaments. “This building will be used all the time ...

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Scott Varagona wins Alabama chess championship title, upsets at the World Cup - AL.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 09/15/2017 - 07:11

AL.com

Scott Varagona wins Alabama chess championship title, upsets at the World Cup
AL.com
Concurrent with the state championship were two days of K-12 chess events. All of Alabama's top scholastic chess programs, ChessKidsNation, Madison City Chess League, CaesarChess, MagicCityChess, and Tuscaloosa's Freedom Chess Academy were ...

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Scott Varagona wins Alabama chess championship title, upsets at the World Cup - AL.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 09/15/2017 - 02:00
Scott Varagona wins Alabama chess championship title, upsets at the World Cup  AL.com

National Chess Master Scott Varagona won his seventh Alabama chess championship title over the Labor Day weekend. Varagona, who is a professor at ...

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Scott Varagona wins Alabama chess championship title, upsets at the World Cup - AL.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 09/15/2017 - 02:00
Scott Varagona wins Alabama chess championship title, upsets at the World Cup  AL.com

National Chess Master Scott Varagona won his seventh Alabama chess championship title over the Labor Day weekend. Varagona, who is a professor at ...

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Hingham Chess Club announces fall schedule - Wicked Local Hingham

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/14/2017 - 23:32

Wicked Local Hingham

Hingham Chess Club announces fall schedule
Wicked Local Hingham
The Hingham Chess Club was represented at the 77th New England Open Scholastic K-12 on Monday, September 4. Left to right (bottom row): Charles Bruggemann, Drew Mozinski, Lavinia Claydon, Christian Claydon, Adam Praschma, and Jack Libby.

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“Chess for Success” - Mountain News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/14/2017 - 12:25

Mountain News

Chess for Success”
Mountain News
I'm a full-time mountain resident and the creator of the new, totally FREE scholastic chess program, “Chess for Success.” My chess credentials include: Arena International Chess Master, internationally credentialed chess coach, organizer, soon-to-be ...

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Loudoun Launches Virginia's First Computer Science Immersion Schools - Loudoun Now

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/14/2017 - 06:01

Loudoun Now

Loudoun Launches Virginia's First Computer Science Immersion Schools
Loudoun Now
Third-graders in the program will be taught to play chess blind folded ahead of learning coding. Code to the Future's founder Andrew Svehaug, a U.S. Scholastic Chess Champion player and coach, considers chess a good foundation to computer science.

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