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Nashville School Team Qualifies for Chess Tournament - WZTV
WZTV
WZTV
Despite the fact several team members weren't even playing chess this time last year, the team has qualified for the Tennessee State Scholastic Team Finals Chess Tournament for the first time in school history. "Us coming this far in one year seems ...
New to chess, Maplewood students head to state tournament - The Tennessean
The Tennessean
The Tennessean
The Maplewood High School chess team is less than a year old, but that is of no matter. The students are off to the Tennessee State Scholastic Team Finals after becoming this month one of four teams to qualify out of 67 in the Midstate regional tournament.
Several Lawrence chess teams win big at state tournament - Lawrence Journal World (blog)
Lawrence Journal World (blog)
Some Lawrence students will be bringing trophies back to school as they return from spring break. At each level of the Kansas Scholastic Chess Association state tournament — elementary, middle and high school — Lawrence students earned either first ...
Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
... Ryan Sowa, Michael Mi, Brandon Wu: 3-1; U1950: 1st: Elliott Wu, 3.5-5, 2nd-4th: Joe Ray, Jerry Williams, Jason Albert Havener: 3-1; Concord-Carlisle Chess Club Scholastic: 11&Over: 1st: Ritvik Pulya: 3.5-5, 2nd: Lucas Kamon: 3-1, 3rd: Gregory ...
Highland junior 'still forgets his socks,' but he got a perfect 36 score on ACT - Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
He says he's lucky that he lives nearby because people come to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis just to learn from other chess players here. Stanhaus said the rankings have not been updated to reflect his birthday, but he was rated ...
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Chess winners recognized - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Members of the Golden Knights National Scholastic Chess Club competed in the recent New York chess championship. Here, Golden Knights members Shaan Cheruvu, left, Country Parkway Elementary, took 8th place and earned a Top 15 NYS Chess ...
Highland junior 'still forgets his socks,' but he got a perfect 36 score on ACT - Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
He says he's lucky that he lives nearby because people come to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis just to learn from other chess players here. Stanhaus said the rankings have not been updated to reflect his birthday, but he was rated ...
Wilkes-Barre - Citizens Voice
Citizens Voice
The Meyers Chess Team won its first team state title at the State Scholastic Chess Championships in Lancaster March 4-6. Meyers finished first in a field of 45 teams, with more than 700 participants at the event. The team was comprised of seniors Rai ...
Our Opinion: Blood clots – do you know the warning signs and prevention strategies? - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Diamonds to Meyers High School's chess team. The strategizing teens, guided by teacher Sam Elias, recently took part in the state scholastic chess championship. After three mentally grueling days of calculating, pushing pawns, avoiding blunders and ...
Our Opinion: Blood clots – do you know the warning signs and prevention strategies? - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Diamonds to Meyers High School's chess team. The strategizing teens, guided by teacher Sam Elias, recently took part in the state scholastic chess championship. After three mentally grueling days of calculating, pushing pawns, avoiding blunders and ...
DHS Chess Team takes home ninth consecutive championship - Easley Progress
Easley Progress
Easley Progress
CENTRAL — Daniel High School's Chess Team won the S.C. Scholastic High School Chess Championship on Feb. 27, marking the ninth consecutive state chess title that Daniel has won competing against public high schools, magnet schools, private ...
America's #2 Chess Player Just Messed Up Big-Time - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
In chess, whether in the loftiest of professional or the lowliest of scholastic tournaments, the “touch-move” rule, as it's known, is holy writ. If you touch one of your pieces, you must move it. If you reach out and place your fingers around a pawn ...
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Log InRegister - CBS Local
CBS Local
CBS Local
(Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis). Warren responded that she identifies more with Princess Leia from Star Wars because she is “never even remotely tempted by the Dark Side.” and, she adds ...
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On Chess: World focuses on St. Louis and U.S. chess championships - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
In less than one month, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will once again become the most interesting chess club in the world. That is not because of some fluke; the American chess crème de la crème is set to step foot in the venue ...
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SPASH Chess Club ready to attack state competition - Portage County Gazette
Portage County Gazette
Portage County Gazette
He and his teammates will see how far their strategies take them when they arrive at the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Championship this weekend at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. “I still get anxious,” said Chojnacki, who has been competitively ...
More than 6100 Visitors Expected in the South Shore between March 18 and 21, 2016 - ValpoLife.com
ValpoLife.com
Lutheran Basketball in Valparaiso; Scholastic Chess in Hammond; Illinois YMCA Swim in St. John; and the Hoosier Volleyball Challenge 3 in Hobart will bring more than 6,100 visitors to the South Shore region. Participants and spectators are expected to ...
WHS chess team wins conference - Waupaca County News
Waupaca County News
Waupaca County News
This weekend, the Comets will head to the State Scholastic Chess Tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where the team will enter three five-player teams in the high school varsity competition. “We will probably end up with one team in each ...
Kings of Lancaster: WHS chess team wins league championship ... - Lititz Record Express
Lititz Record Express
Lititz Record Express
Members of the Warwick High School chess team recently won the Lancaster Scholastic Chess League Championship for the fourth time in five years. The team ...
WHS chess team wins conference - Waupaca County PostWaupaca County News
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Henderson Middle School Chess Team takes State; Nationals next in Indy - El Paso Herald-Post (press release) (registration) (blog)
El Paso Herald-Post (press release) (registration) (blog)
El Paso Herald-Post (press release) (registration) (blog)
The Henderson Middle School chess team has done it again and won big at the 2016 Texas Scholastic Chess Championships over the weekend. The team brought home more than a dozen trophies and two first place wins in the novice and junior varsity ...
Chess kings, queens conquer Oklahoma contests - NewsOK.com
NewsOK.com
NewsOK.com
DEL CITY — Del City High School hosted 172 chess players from 39 Oklahoma schools and homeschool associations at the 2016 Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Championships. The tournament Feb. 27 determined state champions in five divisions based on ...