Scholastic Chess
K-12 chess tournament coming up - Prescott Daily Courier
Prescott Daily Courier
Prescott Daily Courier
Prescott Chess Club President Tom Green kneels next to the sets of 42-, 32- and 22-inch trophies that will be awarded in each division of the scholastic chess tournament taking place Saturday, Oct. 10.
In Ferguson, Using Chess to Empower Youth - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Ascension has partnered with The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis to provide every elementary school and middle school in the Ferguson-Florissant School District - 20 in total - with a 10-week chess club for its students after school. Each ...
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Indie filmmaker Carmen Marron captures real-life chess triumph of Latino school - NBC2 News
NBC2 News
It is an inspirational film loosely based on a real story of a Latino schoolteacher in Brownsville, Texas, who uses the game of chess to transform Rodriguez's character and his Latino classmates into state champions against enormous hardship ...
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Middle School students play in chess tournament - Garden City News
Garden City News
Kealan Mullally and Alexander Mejía (right), two Garden City Middle School students who played in the Nassau Scholastic Chess Tournament in Mineola on September 21st. This was the first night of the two night tournament that will conclude Sept 28 at ...
On Chess: St. Louis players raise money for ALS research - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis held its annual ALS Benefit Tournament last weekend to commemorate the life of Waldo Odak, a well-known member of the Chess Club. The entry fee and donations went to the St. Louis Regional Chapter ...
Graves chess meet rescheduled - Paducah Sun
Paducah Sun
The Graves County Fall Scholastic Chess Meet has been rescheduled from Sept. 19 to Oct. 24 and moved. The meet was to be held at Graves County High School but instead will be at Lowes Elementary School in northwestern Graves County on Oct. 24.
On Chess: New partnership brings after-school chess to the Ferguson-Florissant ... - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
Which is why I'm so pleased to announce a partnership with Ascension, the nation's largest nonprofit health system, the sponsor for this initiative, together with the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center, which will provide the coaching, training ...
Nonprofit Health System Executive Brings After-School Chess Program to ...Daily Signal
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Nonprofit Health System Executive Brings After-School Chess Program to ... - Daily Signal
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Daily Signal
Earlier this month, students, faculty, and three chess grandmasters–the highest title for a chess player–gathered in the library at Walnut Grove Elementary in Ferguson, Mo. to announce the partnership between Ascension and the Chess Club and Scholastic ...
On Chess: New partnership brings after-school chess to the Ferguson-Florissant ...St. Louis Public Radio
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News briefs from around the region 9/16 - Alton Telegraph
Alton Telegraph
(AP) — Students in elementary and middle schools in the Ferguson-Florissant School District are getting a new activity — chess. The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis is teaming with Ascension, a Catholic health care system, to bring chess ...
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Ferguson-Florissant students introduced to chess - fox2now.com
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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Students in elementary and middle schools in the Ferguson-Florissant School District are getting a new activity _ chess. The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis is teaming with Ascension, a Catholic health care system, ...
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Alabama chess champion Scott Varagona and National Chess Day action - AL.com
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AL.com
Settling down to business. K-12 chess players make their opening moves at the recent Central Alabama Scholastic Chess Tournament. Held alongside the 2015 Alabama State Championship at Samford University, many of these young players want to one ...
Chess program begins in Ferguson-Florissant schools - KSDK
KSDK
KSDK
After-school chess will now be coming to each of the twenty elementary and middle schools in the Ferguson-Florissant School district this semester. The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, and Ascension, a Catholic, non-profit healthcare ...
Chess comes to Ferguson-Florissant schoolsSTLtoday.com
Ferguson gets after-school chess program thanks to Ascension, St. Louis Chess ...St. Louis American
St. Louis-based Ascension Providing Hope through Chess to Students in Ferguson ...SYS-CON Media (press release)
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Chess comes to Ferguson-Florissant schools - STLtoday.com
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STLtoday.com
Kids in Ferguson-Florissant elementary and middle schools will have the opportunity to play chess after school this year because of a new partnership announced on Tuesday. The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis and Ascension, the nation's ...
Ferguson gets after-school chess program thanks to Ascension, St. Louis Chess ...St. Louis American
St. Louis-based Ascension Providing Hope through Chess to Students in Ferguson ...SYS-CON Media (press release)
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Ferguson gets after-school chess program thanks to Ascension Health, St. Louis ... - St. Louis American
St. Louis American
The world's largest nonprofit health system has partnered with the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center to help launch a new after-school chess program for the Ferguson-Florissant school district. Faculty, students, and staff gathered inside of ...
Today on the bus tour - Politico
Politico
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis and Ascension, the large Catholic health system, will announce a partnership today, with the school district to jumpstart the effort. “It's been a longtime goal of ours to bring after-school chess clubs ...
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Cardinals postseason tickets to go on sale — 5 things you don't need to know ... - St. Louis Business Journal
St. Louis Business Journal
St. Louis Business Journal
St. Louis-based Ascension is holding a news conference later this morning at the Walnut Grove Elementary School in Ferguson to announce a partnership with the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis to bring after-school chess to all 20 ...
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Baseball Republic - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The search for the island's next great ballplayer stops in the heart of this sprawling city, amid the steamy, manic buzz of a Friday rush hour. Five sun-cooked men, three wearing black and gold Pirates caps, hop out of a dirt-sprayed SUV and walk onto ...
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Monthly Mayors' Chess Challenges set - Sun Sentinel
Sun Sentinel
Sun Sentinel
These free and friendly competitions bring together elected officials, community leaders, students, families and chess players of all ages and abilities to support scholastic and community-based chess programs. The series, spearheaded by Sunrise Mayor ...
When Chess Was King of the City - Observer
Observer
Observer
Mr. Pandolfini said that there had been a boom in scholastic chess in recent years in the city and that tens of thousands of children now regularly play the game. He attributed part of that to the original Fischer boom because their parents were first ...
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Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
19, Boylston Chess Club, 40 Norris St., Cambridge, www.BoylstonChessClub.org; Spiegel Cup (Scholastic) Series Waltham Papa Gino's Chess Tournament, Sept. 20, Papa Gino's Waltham, 1018 Lexington St., contact: MatthewGosselin24@yahoo.com or ...