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On Chess: Music and chess harmonize at Hall of Fame - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
Chess and music are topics that intertwine frequently at the World Chess Hall of Fame. Through exhibits such as Living Like Kings, visitors learned about how the birth of hip-hop coincided with a surge of interest in chess among Americans. In Cage ...
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From the Mayors Office - Everett Independent
Everett Independent
The Parlin Library will hold its 21st Annual Scholastic Chess Tournament on Saturday, April 30 at 9:30 AM to 2 P.M. Players up to 18 years old are invited to compete in four age categories. After a day of competition trophies will be awarded to winners ...
So settles for 36-move draw vs US rival - Philippine Star
Philippine Star
Philippine Star
... and settled for a 36-move draw with American nemesis GM Hikaru Nakamura of a French Defense to slid from a share of first to solo second after six rounds in the US Chess Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Wednesday ...
CPS students compete at national chess championship - Columbia Daily Tribune
Columbia Daily Tribune
... High Chess Championship that concluded Sunday in Indianapolis. Vignesh was among seven Mid-Missouri students who competed in the three-day event, which drew 1,145 chess players and 182 teams. The tournament was open to U.S. scholastic chess ...
DAVID R. SANDS: In heavyweight chess battle, Fabiano Caruana scores early knockout - Washington Times
Washington Times
Washington Times
The luck of the draw proved a bit unlucky for U.S. chess fans this year, as the most anticipated pairing of the U.S. Championship — top-rated GM Fabiano Caruana vs. defending champ GM Hikaru Nakamura — came in Sunday's Round 4, with more than half ...
So eyes solo lead in US chessPhilippine Star
So resumes campaign in US Chess ChampionshipThe Manila Times
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DAVID R. SANDS: In heavyweight chess battle, Fabiano Caruana scores early knockout - Washington Times
Washington Times
Washington Times
The luck of the draw proved a bit unlucky for U.S. chess fans this year, as the most anticipated pairing of the U.S. Championship — top-rated GM Fabiano Caruana vs. defending champ GM Hikaru Nakamura — came in Sunday's Round 4, with more than half ...
So eyes solo lead in US chessPhilippine Star
So resumes campaign in US Chess ChampionshipThe Manila Times
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So eyes solo lead in US chess - Philippine Star
Philippine Star
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Grandmaster Wesley So steps up his title drive in the United States Chess Championship as he clashes with defending champion GM Hikaru Nakamura in the sixth round at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
So resumes campaign in US Chess ChampionshipThe Manila Times
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So resumes campaign in US Chess Championship - The Manila Times
The Manila Times
Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So resumes his bid when he faces defending champion GM Hikaru Nakamura in the sixth round of the 2016 US Chess Championship being held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in Missouri, US. “Almost half ...
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USA Championship - BusinessWorld Online Edition
BusinessWorld Online Edition
In 2007, Rex Sinquefield, a private fund manager, put up the seed capital to open the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis with a mission to “maintain a formal program of instruction to teach the game of chess and to promote and support its ...
School board reorganizes after new member sworn in - California Democrat
California Democrat
California Democrat
Abernathy took middle school students Johnny Garcia, Jacob Smith and Bruce Vines and high school student Dylan Vines to the Missouri Scholastic Championship Chess Tournament at Battle High School in Columbia. The middle school ranked 18 out of 32 ...
Coppell chess prodigy thrives against “incredible” talent in toughest US tournament - Dallas Morning News (blog)
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Grandmasters Varuzhan Akobian (Left) and Jeffery Xiong at the U.S. Chess Championships. (Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis). Following the biggest victory of his career, Jeffery Xiong did what any sports-crazy 15-year-old ...
Madison players conquer new titles at State Chess Championship - Madison Record
Madison Record
Madison Record
MADISON – Madison players dominated the 2016 State Scholastic Chess Championship and swept every team award in the primary and elementary school sections. Indian Springs School in Pelham hosted the tournament on March 19-20. “Madison sent a ...
Minnetonka player shares lead at US Chess Championship - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
As the tournament to decide the U.S. chess champion reaches the virtual halfway mark, Minnetonka's Wesley So is in a two-way tie for first place, reflecting a sharp turnaround from his erratic performance last year. So's aggressive play has been ...
Wesley grabs share of lead in US Chess ChampionshipThe Manila Times
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Chess legend Garry Kasparov to play blitz event against America's top stars - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
The 2016 US championships are under way at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis, Missouri. Defending champion Hikaru Nakamura will be challenged by fellow top-10 stars, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, with five-time champion Gata ...
Students learn tips from chess grandmaster at U.S. Chess Championships - fox2now.com
fox2now.com
This is the eighth year in a row for the U.S. Chess Championships to be held in St. Louis, and these students were able to see firsthand where a meeting of the minds is happening daily at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center and Chess Hall of Fame.
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Champs are check mates - Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press
Derek Ma, 13, who lives in Royalwood, and Aidan Krak, 7, a Linden Woods resident, both recently won the Manitoba Scholastic Chess Association's 2016 Manitoba Provincial Chess Championships in their respective grade levels. Ma is in Grade 8 and Krak ...
Joel García regains chess championship title - Goshen News
Goshen News
Goshen News
PHOTO CONTRIBUTEDJoel García, right, 2016 Elkhart County scholastic chess champion, poses with Greta Bentrup, first place, reserve section after the 30th annual Elkhart County Scholastic Chess Championships and the fifth annual Elkhart County Adult ...
Wesley presses on in US Chess meet - The Manila Times
The Manila Times
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So scored three points on two wins and two draws after four rounds in the 2016 US Chess Championship being held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in Missouri, US. So opened his campaign with ...
2016's Best Schools in Chicagoland - Chicago Agent magazine (press release) (blog)
Chicago Agent magazine (press release) (blog)
Chicago Agent magazine (press release) (blog)
The school's chess team is nationally recognized, having placed within the top 10 four times in the last six years, while the school news magazine, Devils' Advocate, received the National Scholastic Press Association Newspaper Pacemaker Award for its ...
School Winners - HeraldNet
HeraldNet
HeraldNet
Seven Snohomish County students have received national awards for their entries in the 2016 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards after receiving regional honors earlier this year. ... Mariner High School's Dolores Avalos was a chemistry department student ...