Scholastic Chess
A Chess Prodigy on Learning the Fundamentals - GuruFocus.com
GuruFocus.com
"Let's return to the scholastic chess world, and focus on the ingredients to my early success. I mentioned that Bruce and I studied the endgame while other young players focused on the opening. In light of the entity/incremental discussion, I'd like to ...
On Chess: Boy Scouts learn the merit of chess - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
27, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis again hosted a Boy Scout chess merit badge workshop. Since launching the merit badge in 2011, the Chess Club has helped hundreds of scouts achieve their chess merit badge. It hosts a free five ...
Texas Scholastic Chess Championships coming to Brownsville - Brownsville Herald
Brownsville Herald
Brownsville Herald
The 2016 Texas Scholastic Chess Championships will be held in Brownsville this weekend to decide 11 state chess titles; it likely will set a state record. As of Wednesday 1,820 players had signed up for the tournament, event organizer James Houghtaling ...
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Texas Scholastic Chess Championships coming to Brownsville - Brownsville Herald
Brownsville Herald
Brownsville Herald
The state record is 1,760, but that number includes participants in a collegiate tournament played alongside the Scholastic Chess Championships. That tournament will be played Saturday at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Brownsville campus.
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North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
Marblehead: Children's Chess Club, 6 to 8 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Learn chess with Mikhail Perelsteyn. Beginners lessons ..... Marblehead: Free Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Boston Scholastic, 165 Pleasant St. For all ages. Free and open ...
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Woodall chess player places sixth in state tournament - Tahlequah Daily Press
Tahlequah Daily Press
Tahlequah Daily Press
OSCO was formed in early 2003 to work with the Oklahoma Chess Association and US Chess Federation to further its goal to promote and improve scholastic chess opportunities. OSCO's organizational structure is based on a statewide group of people ...
PM UPDATE: Woodall sixth-grader places in chess tournament - Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Woodall School chess team member Payton Smith, right, receives a trophy after competing Saturday in the Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization's 20th Annual Oklahoma State Scholastic Chess Championship at Del City High School. prev. next. 0. Share.
Family fun: Win or lose, chess teaches respect - Hants Journal
Hants Journal
Hants Journal
“Through chess, kids learn how to be respectful whether they are the winner or the loser,” says Dorrance. Youth don't often get a chance to learn how to lose these days, he says. Joseph Memet, who runs a chess club in Port Williams, agrees. “Chess is ...
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Family fun: Win or lose, chess teaches respect - Kings County Register/Advertiser
Kings County Register/Advertiser
Kings County Register/Advertiser
“Through chess, kids learn how to be respectful whether they are the winner or the loser,” says Dorrance. Youth don't often get a chance to learn how to lose these days, he says. Joseph Memet, who runs a chess club in Port Williams, agrees. “Chess is ...
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AROUND TOWN Around Town 2/23/16 - Baraboo News Republic
Baraboo News Republic
The Baraboo High School Chess Club and the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation will host a chess tournament at 8 a.m. at the high school, 1201 Draper St. The tournament is open to all students K-12 in Wisconsin. The fee is $15 at the tournament.
McCallie student wins Tennessee chess championship - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press
For only the fourth time in the 45 years that the tournaments have been held, Chattanooga has a Tennessee state champion in scholastic chess. McCallie School senior Kaleb Gosdin won the title earlier this month at Tennessee Technical University in ...
North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
Marblehead: Children's Chess Club, 6 to 8 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Learn chess with Mikhail Perelsteyn. Beginners lessons ..... Marblehead: Free Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Boston Scholastic, 165 Pleasant St. For all ages. Free and open ...
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Checkmate - Coeur d'Alene Press
Coeur d'Alene Press
Coeur d'Alene Press
JAKE PARRISH/Press Roosevelt Elementary School fourth grader Mason Hubble, right, waits for his opponent Olivia Hilton, from Pioneer Elementary School, to maker her next move at the Cougar Challenge Scholastic Chess Tournament on Saturday at ...
Life imitating chess - Stabroek News
Stabroek News
Stabroek News
Kasparov expressed contentment over the fact that chess is spreading rapidly across the younger generation with an upward trend being witnessed in scholastic chess. He said he is already perceiving a dramatic increase in the role chess is playing in ...
'Cool idea' comes to life: BHEA opens library - Maryville Daily Times
Maryville Daily Times
Maryville Daily Times
After Abbott took over the Scholastic Reading Program at BHEA in which a monthly flier showing books for purchase is sent home with the students. Abbott is in charge of submitting orders and also helped coordinate a book fair at the ... Abbott, Fleming ...
Chess Notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Coming events: Boylston Thursday Night Swiss, March, 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, Boylston Chess Club, 40 Norris St., Cambridge, www.BoylstonChessClub.org; 2016 Rhode Island Scholastic State Championship, (open to out-of-state players) March 5, Rhode ...
Chess tournament today at Canfield Middle School - Coeur d'Alene Press
Coeur d'Alene Press
Canfield Middle School in Coeur d'Alene will host the Cougar Challenge Scholastic Chess Tournament at 10 a.m. today. The tournament, sponsored by the Inland Northwest Chess Academy, is open to all K-12 students in the Inland Northwest and trophies ...
COMMUNITY CALENDAR Community calendar 2/27/16 - Reedsburg Times Press
Reedsburg Times Press
The Baraboo High School Chess Club and the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation will host a chess tournament at 8 a.m. at the high school, 1201 Draper St. The tournament is open to all students K-12 in Wisconsin. The fee is $15 at the tournament.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR Community calendar 2/27/16 - Reedsburg Times Press
Reedsburg Times Press
The Baraboo High School Chess Club and the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation will host a chess tournament at 8 a.m. at the high school, 1201 Draper St. The tournament is open to all students K-12 in Wisconsin. The fee is $15 at the tournament.
Chanute chess players heading to state competition - Chanute Tribune
Chanute Tribune
RMS and CHS compete in the Kansas Scholastic Chess Association. To qualify for the state tournament, students have to win at least two points in two tournaments throughout the year. During tournament play, a point is awarded for a win and half a point ...