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Hort stories: A lost letter from Bobby Fischer - Chessbase News

Thu, 09/12/2019 - 13:03
Hort stories: A lost letter from Bobby Fischer  Chessbase News

Bobby Fischer is a legend, so much so that even people who knew him sometimes find it difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction when they hear stories ...

Sweat Equity: When she looks down the chess board, she sees change for women and their communities - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mon, 09/09/2019 - 08:30
Sweat Equity: When she looks down the chess board, she sees change for women and their communities  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ashley Lynn Priore is always thinking about her next move. As a skilled chess player, the 19-year-old founder of a nonprofit, a sophomore at the University of ...

Grammy winner Christine Brewer’s latest role: Opera Edwardsville’s Artistic Advisor - Alton Telegraph

Tue, 09/03/2019 - 15:29
Grammy winner Christine Brewer’s latest role: Opera Edwardsville’s Artistic Advisor  Alton Telegraph

LEBANON, Illinois — Grammy Award-winner Christine Brewer's world stage opened to her at McKendree University where she attended before becoming one of ...

Checkmate: Chess sets designed by artists - Christie's

Mon, 09/02/2019 - 05:29
Checkmate: Chess sets designed by artists  Christie's

How the game has been reimagined by some of the 20th-century's finest artists. Featuring sets offered in London on 18 September. In 1952 the father of ...

Daniel Dardha, a Belgian champion at 13! - Chessbase News

Sat, 08/31/2019 - 01:06
Daniel Dardha, a Belgian champion at 13!  Chessbase News

A promising young star is already leaving his mark in Belgian chess. 13-year-old Daniel Dardha won the 2019 national championship in Charleroi — a ...

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