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Girl Forced to Withdraw From Chess Tournament for 'Seductive' Dress - Yahoo Sports

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 15:01

Girl Forced to Withdraw From Chess Tournament for 'Seductive' Dress
Yahoo Sports
In a Facebook post, the coach, Kaushal Khandhar, detailed the incident that took place at the National Scholastic Chess Championship in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Attaching a photo of the 12-year-old competitor's dress, Khandhar wrote, “In the middle of ...

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Chess Offers A Way For Pittsburgh Cops To Connect With Kids In 'Challenged' Neighborhoods - 90.5 WESA

Chess Research - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 11:30

90.5 WESA

Chess Offers A Way For Pittsburgh Cops To Connect With Kids In 'Challenged' Neighborhoods
90.5 WESA
“It was research for a book. I went to the police academy for more material and found policing so interesting that I went into it.” Shifren also has experience teaching chess, which he learned from his father. He acknowledged that kids might hesitate ...

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'Seductive' dress forces girl to quit Malaysia chess tournament, coach says - Fox News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 10:57

Fox News

'Seductive' dress forces girl to quit Malaysia chess tournament, coach says
Fox News
Kaushal Khandhar, the coach, wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday that his student was participating in the National Scholastic Chess Championship in Putrajaya when the director started commenting on the girl's dress. The tournament was held from April ...
A 12-year-old chess champion was kicked out of a tournament for her 'seductive' dress, her coach saysSacramento Bee
A Girl Got Banned From A Chess Competition For Being "Too Seductive"Refinery29
12-Year-Old 'Humiliated' By Chess Tournament Officials Over 'Seductive' DressHuffington Post

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Chess fan creates online way to learn and improve your moves ... - Swindon Advertiser

Chess Research - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 08:55

Swindon Advertiser

Chess fan creates online way to learn and improve your moves ...
Swindon Advertiser
A CHESS fan has turned his love of the sport into a start-up which has attracted £96,000 of funding. David Kramaley co-founded Chessable last year to create a ...

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Malaysia bans chess prodigy, 12, over 'seductive' dress - The Times (subscription)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 06:01

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Malaysia bans chess prodigy, 12, over 'seductive' dress
The Times (subscription)
A 12-year old Malaysian girl withdrew from a chess competition after its organisers claimed that her knee-length dress was seductive, prompting a fusillade of indignant denunciation online. The director of the National Scholastic Chess Championship has ...

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Girl, 12, forced to leave chess tournament due to 'seductive' dress - Irish Mirror

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 05:42

Irish Mirror

Girl, 12, forced to leave chess tournament due to 'seductive' dress
Irish Mirror
A 12-year-old girl was allegedly forced to withdraw from a chess tournament after her dress was deemed too "seductive". The minor, who hasn't been named, was due to take part in last month's 2017 National Scholastic Chess Championships in Putrajaya, ...

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Zuraida: Organiser should clarify what happened at chess ... - The Star Online

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 03:36

Zuraida: Organiser should clarify what happened at chess ...
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: The organiser of a chess tournament where a young girl was allegedly told that her dressing was "inappropriate" should clarify what actually ...

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Chess fan creates online way to learn and improve your moves - Swindon Advertiser

Chess Research - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 03:09

Swindon Advertiser

Chess fan creates online way to learn and improve your moves
Swindon Advertiser
Mr Kramaley only started learning chess in 2013 and found it a challenge. He said: “Trying to learn with the research that was available was really hard and all the hours I put in didn't seem to make a difference. “I thought that expanding on what ...

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Online chess business receives almost £100000 in funding - Swindon Advertiser

Chess Research - Mon, 05/01/2017 - 03:09

Swindon Advertiser

Online chess business receives almost £100000 in funding
Swindon Advertiser
Mr Kramaley only started learning chess in 2013 and found it a challenge. He said: “Trying to learn with the research that was available was really hard and all the hours I put in didn't seem to make a difference. “I thought that expanding on what ...

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Woodall's OSCO-Sanctioned Chess Tournament a Success - Tahlequah Daily Press

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 04/30/2017 - 02:55

Tahlequah Daily Press

Woodall's OSCO-Sanctioned Chess Tournament a Success
Tahlequah Daily Press
Woodall Public Schools and chess team members hosted players and parents from across Oklahoma and Arkansas to close out its 2016-2017 schedule. The first annual Woodall K-12 Scholastic Chess Open on Saturday, April 22, was competitive and ...

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The Approval Matrix - Week of May 1, 2017 - New York Magazine

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Sun, 04/30/2017 - 02:00
The Approval Matrix - Week of May 1, 2017  New York Magazine

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.

12-Year-Old 'Humiliated' By Chess Tournament Officials Over 'Seductive' Dress - Huffington Post

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 04/29/2017 - 23:16

Huffington Post

12-Year-Old 'Humiliated' By Chess Tournament Officials Over 'Seductive' Dress
Huffington Post
A chess coach in Malaysia is demanding an apology after his 12-year-old student was forced to withdraw from a chess tournament because officials deemed her dress too “seductive.” Without revealing the minor's name, Kaushal Khandhar, the girl's chess ...
A Young Girl Had to Leave a Chess Tournament Because Her Dress Was 'Seductive'TIME
Chess girl 'checkmated' for her dressThe Star Online
El entrenador de la ajedrecista - FacebookFacebook

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The Week in Art: Free Arts Honors Taryn Simon and the ICP Infinity Awards This week's best art parties. - artnet News

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Sat, 04/29/2017 - 00:12

artnet News

The Week in Art: Free Arts Honors Taryn Simon and the ICP Infinity Awards This week's best art parties.
artnet News
One artist was chosen to represent each decade of the institution's history: Marcel Dzama, Teresita Fernández, R.H. Quaytman, and Rashid Johnson (the only one of the four who did not have his first solo show at the Drawing Center). The artist honorees ...

Chess girl 'checkmated' for her dress - The Star Online

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 04/28/2017 - 18:34

The Star Online

Chess girl 'checkmated' for her dress
The Star Online
Malaysian chess player and coach Kaushal Khandhar said the incident happened at the National Scholastic Chess Championship 2017 on April 14, when his student was told that her dress was “improper”. Kaushal said the tournament director would not ...
Chess Tournament Highlights Everett's Tradition in Intellectual GameEverett Independent
12-year-old forced to quit chess tournament over 'seductive' dress ...Malay Mail Online
Malaysian girl barred from chess game for 'improper' dress - Daily MailDaily Mail
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Messenger: Is St. Louis leaving the future of its airport to a coin flip? - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 04/28/2017 - 16:30

STLtoday.com

Messenger: Is St. Louis leaving the future of its airport to a coin flip?
STLtoday.com
The agreement has been presented to the public as a deal with nonprofit Grow Missouri — funded by retired investor and chess philanthropist Rex Sinquefield — and the city, with Sinquefield paying the costs of the city's attempt to investigate ...

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