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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 ...
On Chess: World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana returning to U.S. Chess Federation - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
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
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The United States is actively collecting nerds - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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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
New York Times
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
Buffalo News
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
Buffalo News
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 ...
Fabiano Caruana to Join the U.S. Chess Federation - PR Newswire (press release)
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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Where in the world? Mt Laurel student headed to National Geographic Bee - Shelby County Reporter
Shelby County Reporter
Shelby County Reporter
He has won the Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championship twice and placed fourth in a recent state championship. Nathan will join contestants from all 50 states, along with Guam, Simoa, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands at the National Geographic ...
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Killip Chess Power AZ state champs again - Arizona Daily Sun
Arizona Daily Sun
Arizona Daily Sun
The weekend of May 2, at the 2015 Arizona State Scholastic Chess Championships in Gilbert, the students of Killip Chess endured another hard-fought battle, but in the end they preserved their championship streak, making it eight years in a row. The K-5 ...
2015 honors: Carbondale Community High School - The Southern
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The Southern
He is a member of African American History Club, Key Club, and French and chess clubs. The son of Patricia Matthews and Marcus Deamer, he plans to study arts and sciences. Goodale, 18, is an Illinois State Scholar, in French National Honor Society ...
Minnetonka grandmaster wins in chess championship's opening round - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Wesley So, a 21-year-old Filipino who moved to Minnetonka last fall as he launched his professional chess career, is one of the favorites in the 12-player tournament that will crown the national champion. In the opening round at the Chess Club and ...
Give STL Day donations top $2 million - St. Louis Business Journal (blog)
St. Louis Business Journal (blog)
St. Louis Business Journal (blog)
Webster University's mascot, the Gorlok, is challenged by a Grand Master from the Chess. View Photos. Webster University's mascot, the Gorlok, is challenged by a Grand Master from the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for a game of speed ...
Brunswick Chess Team makes the right moves at State Championships - Greenwich Post
Greenwich Post
Greenwich Post
To answer that question, Sunil Weeramantry, the director of the National Scholastic Chess Federation, recently delivered a talk in Greenwich outlining the educational benefits of having children study chess. While several studies have shown links ...
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Family battle turns chess grandmaster into pawn - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Garry Kasparov ropes in top GMs for 'Grand Chess Tour' - The Indian Express
The Indian Express
The Indian Express
The world's top eight chess players have committed to a three-tournament circuit, called the “Grand Chess Tour” with a total prize money of $1,050,000. At an announcement made at the end of April at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of St. Louis ...
University School sending five chess team members to national competition - Tulsa World
Tulsa World
Chess boards fill tables as students play continuous rounds last week in the after-school chess club at University School on the University of Tulsa campus. Five students from the group are headed to a national tournament next week. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa ...
Kansas Economic Growth is on the Rebound - Look at the Real Numbers - Forbes
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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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Middle school students battle blindfolded chess grandmaster - The Daily Toreador (registration)
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Al Lawrence, the director of the Chess Program, said the five players are from the winning team of this year's Texas Tech Chess Scholastic Grand Prix Championship. “We host a series of tournaments every month during the school year, and they had the ...
Middle school champions take on international grandmasterMYfoxLUBBOCK.COM
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Edgemont High National Chess Champions Honored - The Daily Voice
The Daily Voice
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Edgemont High School's national ninth-grade chess championship team was welcomed and honored by Westchester County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky, D-Hastings-n-Hudson, during the county Board of Legislators' meeting on ...
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Chess grandmaster plays blindfolded vs. Evans champions (PlayBill blog) - LubbockOnline.com (blog)
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That includes the most recent tournament in which Texas Tech placed third in the nation for collegiate chess. The five students from Evans Middle School helped the school win the 2013-2014 Texas Tech Chess Scholastic Grand Prix, a series of K-12 ...
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