The Official List of Participants for the 2010 Denker Tournament is in!
The Denker Tournament takes place from July 31, 2010 to August 3, 2010. Check out the details below and stay tuned for more coverage! Confirmed list of participants below: Alabama: Jeffrey Byrd Alaska: Hannah Warren Arizona: Kevin Zhang Arkansas: Alexander Wolf California N.: Steven Zierk California S.: Christian Tanaka SoCal-ALT: Kyron Griffith Colorado: Richard Herbst Connecticut: Michael Finneran Delaware: Michael Pergeorelis DC: Florida: Enmanuel Iglesias Georgia: Elliott Chung Hawaii: Stephen Mau Idaho: Adam Jiang Illinois: Eric Rosen Indiana: Steven Cooklev Iowa: Matt Anzis Kansas: Andrew Latham Kentucky: Alex Hamilton Louisiana: Kyle Hecker Maine: Aaron Spencer Maryland: Charles Yang Massachusetts: Andrew C. Wang Michigan: Michael Bowersock Minnesota: PrashanthaAmarasinghe Mississippi: Missouri: James Larkin Smith Montana: Nebraska: Albert Zhou Nevada: Richard Lee New Hampshire: Gerald Potorski New Jersey: Andrew Shvartsman New Mexico: John Flores New York: Deepak Aaron North Carolina: ...
“Krush Crowned; Three-Way Tie Atop Junior Leaderboard” By Mike Wilmering (PRESS RELEASE)
This Work, Victory for Irina Krush!!, by jstrand is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Krush crowned; three-way tie atop Junior leaderboard By Mike Wilmering For more information, please contact: Mike Wilmering Communications Specialist Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis 314.361.CHESS (2437) mwilmering@saintlouischessclub.org PHOTOS CAN BE OBTAINED AT WWW.SAINTLOUISCHESSCLUB.ORG/GALLERIES ST. LOUIS, July 19, 2010 -- After an IM Anna Zatonskih draw in round nine, IM Irina Krush won a wild one against WFM Abby Marshall to clinch the 2010 U.S. Women's Championship title with a score of 8/9. This is her third U.S. Women’s Championship title, and her first since 2007. FM Warren Harper ...
“Nana Dzagnidze Wins Jermuk Women Grand Prix”
GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), winner of the fourth leg From FIDE.com The FIDE Women Grand Prix series continued with Jermuk tournament which took place on 23rd June - 5th July 2010 in Jermuk, Armenia. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov opened the fourth leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in the presence of the President of Armenia and the Armenian Chess Federation the Hon. Serge Sargissian. GM Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia), second in Jermuk This series is featuring the strongest women tournaments of all times and it is important to point out that there are three ex-world Champions, Maia Chiburdanidze, Antoaneta Stefanova and Xu Yuhua, taking ...
World Junior and Girls U-20 Championships Invitation
World Junior and Girls U-20 Championships Invitation (Chotowa, Czarna, Poland) - A FIDE (World Chess Federation) Event Organizing Committee acting on behalf of the Polish Chess Federation has a great pleasure and a honor in inviting young players of 168 federations, members of the International Chess Federation FIDE to take part in the World Junior and Girls U-20 Championships be held in Chotowa, Municipality Czarna, close to the city of Tarnow, Poland, from August 2 to 17, 2010. We hope to host the best young players in the World and we prepared for you the highest prize fund in the history of ...
Should You Start a Scholastic Chess Club?
With the amazing success of the 2009 SuperNationals, many schools, parents, teachers, and school administrators may be wondering - Should we start a Scholastic Chess Club in our school? For example, let's take the Elementary Nationals in 2008 , New York was at # 1 with an amazing 99 schools participating, Pennsylvania was at # 2 with 62 schools participating , and Ohio was at # 3 with 48 schools participating. Other states have a significantly lower amount of schools participating, but, the benefits of chess are evident and have led to an increasing amount of interest in scholastic chess ...
Sets for Vets
A special thanks to Anna Matlin and the 5th grade class in Berkley Heights, NJ for their donation! The New Jersey State Chess Federation (NJSCF) "Sets for Vets" has been a great success. In 2005 $13,750 was raised by the NJSCF from individuals and Aetna Insurance. Oct. 2006, The New Jersey State Chess Federation (NJSCF) just donated $1,000! Over 1200 sets and 160 chess computer games were distributed to 146 VA hospitals and Care Centers, as well as to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. 100 sets so far to Iraq, plus another 100 pocket sets, 51 chess clocks and a case of 80 ...
Chess Programs
The U.S. Chess Trust helps support the following Chess Programs & Events: (Click on available links for additional Program/Resources details) Chess for Youth Sets for Vets Denker Tournament for High School Champions World Youth Championship Collegiate Final Four Scholar Chess Players Award Pan-Am Youth Festival World Junior Championship Polgar Girl Championships Armed Forces Championship Veteran Prison Chess The Samford Fellowship Chess in Education Schein-Friedman Scholastic Recognition Project You will also find valuable resources such as: Resources for Teachers/Coaches Official Tournament Schedules for FIDE & USCF Valuable Chess Articles Free Online Chess Lessons by WIM Beatriz Marinello For further inquiry you may contact us at Info@uschesstrust.org.
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The Official List of Participants for the 2010 Denker Tournament is in!
The Denker Tournament takes place from July 31, 2010 to August 3, 2010. Check out...
“Krush Crowned; Three-Way Tie Atop Junior Leaderboard” By Mike Wilmering (PRESS RELEASE)
This Work, Victory for Irina Krush!!, by jstrand is licensed under a Creative Commons...
“Nana Dzagnidze Wins Jermuk Women Grand Prix”
GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), winner of the fourth leg From FIDE.com The FIDE Women...
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“Magnus Carlsen’s Cousin in America”
Excerpt from Chessbase.com Fantastic article on chessbase.com! Read the excerpt below then check it out on chessbase.com! “Two weeks ago we published an interview by the German magazine Der Spiegel with Magnus Carlsen, with a picture that one of our readers found familiar. “He looks remarkably like my son,” thought Professor Nancy... [Read more...]
Chess: Ancient Game, Modern Learning Tool
by Tim Hanke and Beatriz Marinello In The Morals of Chess, Benjamin Franklin wrote: The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess, in which we have... [Read more...]
World Chess Hall of Fame & Sidney Samole Museum to Relocate in 2010
This Just In… According to U.S. Chess Trust Chairman, Mr. Harold Winston, “The World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Museum is temporarily closed pending relocation. Negotiations are in process to bring the World Chess Hall of Fame to St. Louis and we expect the Museum to reopen during 2010“. The U.S. Chess Trust will be providing... [Read more...]
“Developing Chess Talent – Chess and Autism”
GM Artur Yusupov training young talents in Apeldoorn (photo book cover by Fred Lucas) Chess and Autism Excerpt from ‘Developing Chess Talent’ by Karel and IM Merijn van Delft Chess is a suitable sport for many children and adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Scientific research on this subject is lacking, also on an international level.... [Read more...]
“Oral Ambassador of Chess”, Jerry Hanken, Passes Away
Rest in Peace – Jerry Hanken (1934-2009) Jerry Hanken, chess journalist, promoter and Life Master, passed away on October 1st, 2009 in Los Angeles at the age of 74. He leaves behind a saddened chess community. Jerry was an Original Life Master and Chess Life columnist. He is survived by his former wife, Barbara, and their children, Andrea... [Read more...]
The Chess Player As An Artist: Marcel Duchamp
In recognition of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess exhibit currently on display at the Francis Naumann Gallery in New York City (Sept. 10th – Oct. 30th, 2009), we are running this article, previously published on our website in 2007. Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, LLC 24 West 57th Street, Suite 305 New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212.582.3201 Gallery Hours: Tuesday... [Read more...]
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