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Hilltop Mall National Chess Day tourney set for Oct. 8 - Richmond Standard
Richmond Standard
Richmond Standard
Proceeds from the tournament will help fund an ongoing effort to provide free chess sets and instructional material to local schools. It is “part of our mission to support scholastic chess in local schools,” said TC Ball, who heads the West Coast Chess ...
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Scholastic chess season set by regional coaches - Murray Ledger and Times
Murray Ledger and Times
Schools in the Jackson Purchase and southern Pennyrile form the Quad A region in chess, one of four regions statewide. Chess teams from public and private schools as well as homeschool organizations take part in scholastic chess, with players competing ...
Chess for Success: This Week In Daily Giving - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
... introduced to the game of chess, traditionally meant for her male counterparts. Little does Phiona Mutesi know that halfway across the world, the same game she is so talented in is being taught to at-risk youth to help with scholastic studies and ...
Plainview pair wins second in chess tournament - Plainview Daily Herald
Plainview Daily Herald
Courtesy Photo Montana Moore (left) and Eowyn Thornhill, representing Plainview Homeschool Chess Club, were the second place team in the unrated K-5 Division last weekend at the Check with Tech scholastic tournament in Lubbock. Eowyn, 9, was third ...
World Chess Hall of Fame Celebrates Five Years in Saint Louis, Debuts Three New Exhibitions Spanning Nearly Five ... - PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release)
The WCHOF's widespread acclaim has been complemented by the efforts of its sister organization, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, an educational institution that focuses on teaching and promoting the game of chess. The combined ...
World Chess Hall of Fame Celebrates Five Years in Saint Louis ... - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
SAINT LOUIS, Sept. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- This month, the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) in Saint Louis celebrates its five year anniversary.
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On Chess: USA wins gold at Baku Chess Olympiad - St. Louis Public Radio
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St. Louis Public Radio
The U.S. Chess Federation, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis and the Kasparov Chess Foundation sponsored the strongest American team in Olympiad in history. Just as the athletes in the Rio Olympics were offered various incentives for ...
U.S. Chess Team Takes Olympiad Gold for First Time in 40 yearsPR Newswire (press release)
Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal | | dailyprogress.comThe Daily Progress
Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medalOdessa American
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U.S. Chess Team Takes Olympiad Gold for First Time in 40 years - PR Newswire (press release)
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PR Newswire (press release)
BAKU, Azerbaijain, Sept. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2016 American Olympiad chess team has made history. The squad is the first to take home the U.S. gold medal in chess since 1976, beating 180 teams total for the title. The 42nd World Chess Olympiad ...
Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal | | dailyprogress.comThe Daily Progress
Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medalPost-Bulletin
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Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal - HeraldCourier.com: Sports - Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Four chess players with St. Louis connections are among a five-person team that won a gold medal at the World Chess Olympiad, the first ...
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Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal - The Daily Progress
The Daily Progress
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2caj5ym ) reports that team members included St. Louis resident Grandmaster Fabio Caruana; former St. Louis resident and past U.S. Chess champion Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura; former Webster University student ...
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Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal - Hickory Daily Record
Hickory Daily Record
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Four chess players with St. Louis connections are among a five-person team that won a gold medal at the World Chess Olympiad, the first gold for the U.S. in 40 years. The competition was in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month. The St. Louis ...
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Dartmouth Rotary has 'chess' the thing for SouthCoast kids - SouthCoastToday.com
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DARTMOUTH — From chess wizards to beginners, all students in the region are invited to the Dartmouth Rotary Club's first scholastic chess tournament Saturday at the Dartmouth Middle School. All players will participate in four rounds, the first ...
Chess players with St. Louis ties win gold medal at international chess competition - STLtoday.com
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STLtoday.com
Wesley So (right) competes in the 2016 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. Courtesy of Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. prev. next. ST. LOUIS • Chess players with St. Louis connections won a gold medal at the World Chess Olympiad, the first for ...
U.S. wins first gold in four decades at chess Olympiad - Washington Times
Washington Times
Washington Times
The U.S. “Dream Team” came through in the clutch to claim the first American gold medal in 40 years at the 42nd Olympiad that concluded Tuesday in Baku, Azerbaijan. With a 2½-1½ win over Canada in the 11th and final round, the U.S. (9-0-2) edged out ...
Bill Melvin wins Alabama State Chess Championship title, sets record - AL.com
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AL.com
Clara Choung versus Racheal Ehrman focus before the start of Round 2 of the UAH Individual Scholastic Chess Tournament by getting their game faces on! The 5 round Individual Scholastic tournament ran concurrently with the State Championship. (Photo: ...
Weekend Briefing: 9/11, African Art, Senior Games, Beer Arising, Chess Jax, Women of Jazz, Intracoastal Clean-Up - FlaglerLive.com
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FlaglerLive.com
Four rounds, G/60-d5, walkup registration at 9:30 a.m. The Fall Scholastic Series (K-12 only) has two sections, K-12 Open & K-6 U700. Trophies to top 3 finishers in each section. Grand prix points to all participants that count toward series trophy ...
'Chess Champs: An Island's Pride' to premiere September 9 - Penobscot Bay Press
Penobscot Bay Press
Penobscot Bay Press
Admission is free and everyone is invited. This 90-minute documentary by local filmmaker Veronica Young follows the 2012-13 season of the most successful scholastic chess program in Maine state history. Funding came from donations through a multi-year ...
'Chess Champs: An Island's Pride' to premiere September 9 - Penobscot Bay Press
Penobscot Bay Press
Penobscot Bay Press
Admission is free and everyone is invited. This 90-minute documentary by local filmmaker Veronica Young follows the 2012-13 season of the most successful scholastic chess program in Maine state history. Funding came from donations through a multi-year ...
Community and cultural events in the District, Sept. 8-15, 2016 - Washington Post
Washington Post
Chess for kids Weekly instruction for all ages of children who want to learn how to play the game or play with better strategy in tournaments, chess instructor teaches how to think, plan your next move and use your brain power to win, made possible by ...
On Chess: U.S. team poised for possible gold at the chess Olympiad - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
Akobian is in frequent rotation as the Resident Grandmaster at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, and his best accomplishment is as the U.S. Championship runner-up in 2014. On Chess is provided by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center ...
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