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Checkmate! Tournament Comes to Marlborough This Weekend - Patch.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/22/2015 - 08:58

Patch.com

Checkmate! Tournament Comes to Marlborough This Weekend
Patch.com
... and 2015 Massachusetts scholastic champion Mika Brittain, 14-time state champion, and former U.S. co-champion Alexander Ivanov, youngest female master Carissa Yip, Women's International Master Megan Lee from Washington and Boston Globe chess ...

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Checkmate! Tournament Comes to Marlborough This Weekend - Patch.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/22/2015 - 08:58

Patch.com

Checkmate! Tournament Comes to Marlborough This Weekend
Patch.com
... and 2015 Massachusetts scholastic champion Mika Brittain, 14-time state champion, and former U.S. co-champion Alexander Ivanov, youngest female master Carissa Yip, Women's International Master Megan Lee from Washington and Boston Globe chess ...

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Altria Commits $800000 in College Scholarships to 20 Richmond Public Schools ... - MarketWatch

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/21/2015 - 12:31

Altria Commits $800000 in College Scholarships to 20 Richmond Public Schools ...
MarketWatch
She was her school's valedictorian, Scholastic Standout and recipient of the Lester W. Morris Merit Scholarship. She wants to ... She was a freshman class senator, a flag corps member of the TJ Marching Band and a member of the Chess Club. She will ...

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Altria Commits $800000 in College Scholarships to 20 Richmond Public Schools ... - MarketWatch

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/21/2015 - 12:31

Altria Commits $800000 in College Scholarships to 20 Richmond Public Schools ...
MarketWatch
She was her school's valedictorian, Scholastic Standout and recipient of the Lester W. Morris Merit Scholarship. She wants to ... She was a freshman class senator, a flag corps member of the TJ Marching Band and a member of the Chess Club. She will ...

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On Chess: Kasparov tells graduates to set new goals, see hard work as a talent - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/21/2015 - 02:29

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Kasparov tells graduates to set new goals, see hard work as a talent
St. Louis Public Radio
The U.S. Junior Chess Championship comes to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis July 6-16. The best in U.S. junior chess will compete to become champion of the class, earning an automatic bid to the 2016 U.S. Chess Championship.

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Corning Chess Team returns home triumphant - Appeal-Democrat

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/20/2015 - 22:46

Appeal-Democrat

Corning Chess Team returns home triumphant
Appeal-Democrat
The Corning Elementary Chess Team came home a winner having attended the California State Scholastic Chess Tournament in Santa Clara, where 801 students from the North State competed earlier this month. The Corning team consisting of 12 students ...

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Boys volleyball: Lancers faced no match en route to CCS title - San Jose Mercury News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/20/2015 - 21:00

Boys volleyball: Lancers faced no match en route to CCS title
San Jose Mercury News
It's chess vs. checkers at the moment. And if there's anyone smart enough to take advantage, it's the Lancers -- recognized as a top-five CCS Scholastic Championship Team for its GPA of 3.50. "As a full-time teacher, that's something that I pride ...

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Boys volleyball: Lancers faced no match en route to CCS title - San Jose Mercury News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/20/2015 - 20:25

Boys volleyball: Lancers faced no match en route to CCS title
San Jose Mercury News
It's chess vs. checkers at the moment. And if there's anyone smart enough to take advantage, it's the Lancers -- recognized as a top-five CCS Scholastic Championship Team for its GPA of 3.50. "As a full-time teacher, that's something that I pride ...

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From Mongolia To Minnesota To US Open Chess Championships - CBS Local

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 05/18/2015 - 08:17

CBS Local

From Mongolia To Minnesota To US Open Chess Championships
CBS Local
Her positional sacrifice paid off and she took home the 2015 Minnesota State Girl's Chess Champion at the 50th Annual Scholastic Chess Championship, even finishing seventh among her male peers. “We had kids here almost every day after school playing ...

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A Conversation With Robert Johnson - Huffington Post

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 05/17/2015 - 19:15

Huffington Post

A Conversation With Robert Johnson
Huffington Post
What's more, Johnson was an Executive Producer of the Oscar winning documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side, directed by Alex Gibney, and is the former President of the National Scholastic Chess Foundation. In this interview, Johnson talked about how old ...

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Chess Champion Passes on his Knowledge - KXNet.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 05/16/2015 - 15:41

KXNet.com

Chess Champion Passes on his Knowledge
KXNet.com
"I've been playing scholastic chess for 25 years. This little eight year old kid wanted to play a game of chess. Well I might be able to teach him something. It didn't take to many questions for me to realize I wasn't gonna teach him anything. At 8 ...

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The US is about to become a chess powerhouse, thanks to this 22-year-old - Business Insider

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/15/2015 - 15:15

Business Insider

The US is about to become a chess powerhouse, thanks to this 22-year-old
Business Insider
There's ample speculation that the bill is being picked up by Rex Sinquefield, a wealthy chess benefactor who established the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of St. Louis, a veritable chess Mecca in the US – and the host of the Sinquefield Cup, where ...

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Governor LePage Leads The Charge To Eliminate Income Tax By 2020 - Forbes

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/15/2015 - 11:57

Forbes

Governor LePage Leads The Charge To Eliminate Income Tax By 2020
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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Bulletin board - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/14/2015 - 23:06

Bulletin board
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
The 2015 Armed Forces Day USCF Chess Tournament, commemorating the 150th and 50th anniversaries of Civil War to Civil RIghts, will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Main Place Mall upper level, 390 Main St., Buffalo. Each participant ...

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On Chess: World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana returning to U.S. Chess Federation - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/13/2015 - 22:34

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana returning to U.S. Chess Federation
St. Louis Public Radio
Brian Jerauld is a chess instructor to area students, including his own children, and a student of the game himself through the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. He is also a Mizzou journalist with a decade of experience writing about ...
Chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana Switches Nationality and Will Play for USNew York Times
Fabiano Caruana seeks to join the U.S. Chess FederationSTLtoday.com
The United States is actively collecting nerdsMinneapolis Star Tribune
PR Newswire (press release)
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The United States is actively collecting nerds - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/13/2015 - 12:17

New York Times

The United States is actively collecting nerds
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Caruana's move is widely believed to have been financed by Rex Sinquefield, a reported billionaire in St. Louis who is an amateur chess player and the leading chess patron in the U.S. He has poured money into the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St.
Chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana Switches Nationality and Will Play for USNew York Times
Fabiano Caruana to Join the U.S. Chess FederationPR Newswire (press release)

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Chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana Switches Nationality and Will Play for US - New York Times

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/13/2015 - 09:37

New York Times

Chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana Switches Nationality and Will Play for US
New York Times
3 chess player in the world, who has represented Italy for the last 10 years, is switching federations to play for the United States. The United States Chess Federation announced Caruana's move on Tuesday in a statement on its website. Caruana, who was ...
Fabiano Caruana to Join the U.S. Chess FederationPR Newswire (press release)

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Queens of the chess board - Buffalo News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/13/2015 - 01:04

Buffalo News

Queens of the chess board
Buffalo News
It marked the first time Buffalo sent a team to compete in the All-Girls National Chess Championships tournament, described by chess great Garry Kasparov as “the apex of scholastic chess competitions in the United States.” Bryanna, 13, who lost four ...

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Mobile chess academy teaches young girls to strengthen their minds - Buffalo News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/12/2015 - 19:22

Buffalo News

Mobile chess academy teaches young girls to strengthen their minds
Buffalo News
It marked the first time Buffalo sent a team to compete in the All-Girls National Chess Championships tournament, described by chess great Garry Kasparov as “the apex of scholastic chess competitions in the United States.” Bryanna, 13, who lost four ...

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Fabiano Caruana to Join the U.S. Chess Federation - PR Newswire (press release)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/12/2015 - 12:59

Fabiano Caruana to Join the U.S. Chess Federation
PR Newswire (press release)
"I'm absolutely thrilled to be representing the United States again and working with the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. I'd like to thank everybody who has made this possible, and I look forward to this exciting new partnership," said ...

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