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Checkmate: 14-year-old chess champion making next move to gain more ... - Star Local Media

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/02/2015 - 14:11

Star Local Media

Checkmate: 14-year-old chess champion making next move to gain more ...
Star Local Media
In 2012 Xiong was selected to join the Young Stars program, a joint partnership between the Kasparov Chess Foundation and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, to find and train the country's emerging chess players. Xiong previously ...
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Check Mate: 14-year-old chess champion making next move to gain more ... - Star Local Media

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/02/2015 - 09:59

Star Local Media

Check Mate: 14-year-old chess champion making next move to gain more ...
Star Local Media
He has also participated in several training sessions with world chess champion Garry Kasparov. In 2012 Xiong was selected to join the Young Stars program, a joint partnership between the Kasparov Chess Foundation and the Chess Club and Scholastic ...

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Summer Knights Scholastic registration opens - Madison Record

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 06/29/2015 - 12:06

Summer Knights Scholastic registration opens
Madison Record
MADISON – Madison City Chess League has opened registration for the second annual Summer Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament. Students in grades K-12 are eligible to enter. The tournament will be held at Rainbow Elementary School, 50 Nance ...

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Why You Don't Want To Be In California's One Percent - Forbes

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 06/29/2015 - 10:57

Forbes

Why You Don't Want To Be In California's One Percent
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 ...

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Lockport celebration continues Monday - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 06/29/2015 - 02:06

Lockport celebration continues Monday
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Open chess play with members of the Lockport Golden Knights National Scholastic Chess Club, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the YMCA, 19 East Ave. • The Lockport Monday Night Car Cruise, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Ida Fritz Park. • A free water safety and basic ...

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Shelby Lyman on Chess: Chess in Hollywood - Valley News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 06/27/2015 - 23:40

Shelby Lyman on Chess: Chess in Hollywood
Valley News
I witnessed a similar phenomenon many times during and immediately after the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match, and again a few years later while implementing several Long Island scholastic chess programs. The most accomplished Hollywood chess player ...

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Lancaster Scene: Sports calendar and listings from across the area - LancasterOnline

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 06/27/2015 - 10:01

LancasterOnline

Lancaster Scene: Sports calendar and listings from across the area
LancasterOnline
The Wood Services Scholastic Chess Affiliate of the United States Chess Federation will have scholastic chess club in Lancaster during the month of July on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at the Golden Triangle Burger King at Route 501 and 272. The club is open ...

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Each game is different - The Recorder

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:35

The Recorder

Each game is different
The Recorder
Calder Rossi of Greenfield organized the club last year to fill the void left by former area chess nights at The People's Pint and Mesa Verde. He has played since he was 5 years old, competing in scholastic tournaments. “You can play online, but to ...

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Each game is different - The Recorder

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:35

The Recorder

Each game is different
The Recorder
Calder Rossi of Greenfield organized the club last year to fill the void left by former area chess nights at The People's Pint and Mesa Verde. He has played since he was 5 years old, competing in scholastic tournaments. “You can play online, but to ...

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Ten Young Chess Stars Vie for 2015 US Junior Closed Title in Saint Louis - Virtual Press Office (press release)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/25/2015 - 14:41

Ten Young Chess Stars Vie for 2015 US Junior Closed Title in Saint Louis
Virtual Press Office (press release)
ST. LOUIS, June 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The country's top young chess players are back in Saint Louis, the nation's Chess Capital, this summer as the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) will again host the U.S. Junior Closed ...

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On Chess: Veselin Topolav leads inaugural Grand Chess Tour event - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 06/24/2015 - 22:49

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Veselin Topolav leads inaugural Grand Chess Tour event
St. Louis Public Radio
For now you can follow the Grand Chess Tour in Norway with live commentary at grandchesstour.com. Alejandro Ramirez is a grandmaster and has recently been resident grandmaster in charge of various activities at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of ...

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Young achiever: Liam Ellis - Tribune-Review

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 06/24/2015 - 20:05

Young achiever: Liam Ellis
Tribune-Review
Noteworthy: Liam was the winner of Scholastic TurfMutt's national “Be a Backyard Superhero” national writing contest, sponsored by The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute. His school ... Background: At school, Liam is in the chess club and band. He ...

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Rachels plays chess aces - Madison Record

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 06/24/2015 - 12:10

Rachels plays chess aces
Madison Record
“This is a remarkable event, stitching Madison's state championship scholastic programs into the fabric of Alabama chess history by connecting with its most remarkable player,” league executive director Ranae Bartlett said. Stuart Rachels “is the ...

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“Chess in Schools” program marks historical breakthrough - PhilBoxing.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 06/23/2015 - 18:14

PhilBoxing.com

Chess in Schools” program marks historical breakthrough
PhilBoxing.com
Fajatin added that some of the benefits of chess include improving self-confidence, developing patience, maximizing focus and attention and helping prepare the children to become strategists. Chess also enhances Mathematical skills and it is an ...

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Century student places in Junior Open chess championship - Post-Bulletin

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 06/23/2015 - 15:52

Century student places in Junior Open chess championship
Post-Bulletin
Locker was one of four co-champions in the Minnesota Scholastic Chess Association 2015 state tournament. He teamed up with two other co-champions from that tournament and three other players to form the Chess Castle team that represented Minnesota.

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Nationally ranked local chess team honored - Laredo Morning Times

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 06/22/2015 - 17:28

Nationally ranked local chess team honored
Laredo Morning Times
14 to compete at the Region 7 Scholastic Chess Tournament. It placed second and then competed at the 2015 Texas High School Chess Championships on March 28 and 29 at the McAllen Convention Center. There the team came back with five individual ...

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Rev. Brown Chess team competes in tourney - The Advertiser News South

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/18/2015 - 13:43

Rev. Brown Chess team competes in tourney
The Advertiser News South
SPARTA — The Rev. Brown School Chess Team won second place in the Northwest N.J. Scholastic Team Tournament on Monday, June 1, at Lake Mohawk Country Club. Fifthy teams participated. Jersey Chess instructor Marty Sobin has taught chess at ...

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Shelburne resident brings chess camp, tournaments to town - Shelburne News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/18/2015 - 11:28

Shelburne resident brings chess camp, tournaments to town
Shelburne News
“He was so well received, that this summer he will offer two summer chess camps and two United States Chess Federation rated scholastic chess tournaments,” she said enthusiastically. In fact, Jenkins has helped organize both activities. “Interested ...

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Who owns the future? How the prophets of Silicon Valley took control - New Statesman

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/18/2015 - 11:01

New Statesman

Who owns the future? How the prophets of Silicon Valley took control
New Statesman
Compared to the ideological wars of the mid-20th century, present-day debates seem like scholastic hair-splitting. While one needed a telescope to follow the visions of a Lenin or a Hitler, today, when it comes to the basic outlines of human ... Only ...

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On chess: Appreciating the art of ivory chess sets - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 06/17/2015 - 22:30

St. Louis Public Radio

On chess: Appreciating the art of ivory chess sets
St. Louis Public Radio
The preparation was beyond my reach, my opponent was too strong to outplay over the board: Viswanathan Anand, world chess champion. Of course, I was nervous, and of course he won, but it was a good fight. He was only one of the many elite players I ...

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