Chess News

Watson, who passed away August 3, joined Irving ISD in 2003 as special education aide at Singley Academy .

Hedrick Elementary School is bringing chess to life. Students in the school's chess club became chess pieces in a life-sized chess game during the dedication of the chess board intended to enhance the students' critical-thinking skills Oct.

In the 9th round, Armenia was defeated 1,5:2,5 by Russia. Russia are the champions with 16 points.

Congratulations to the Middle School Chess Team who placed second in the South Carolina Independent School Association State Chess Tournament held on October 22nd in Orangeburg, SC.

A jury of 6 men and 6 women found Jeffrey Martin Young guilty of all four charges in the 2008 attack of a Slaughters' Supermarket employee, rejecting a defense contention that the 31-year-old man with a history of mental illness was insane at the time.

When we first start playing the exciting game of chess, it can become very daunting losing game after game to more experienced players.

The long-standing chess match between Tim Eyman and Government, with a capital G, entered its 10th season this year with Initiative 1033, another ballot measure that seeks to limit how much money state and local lawmakers can collect from their taxpayers.

This is the third installment of four in the Beginner's Chess Strategy Series. I'm here to help those still learning the game by outlining a few examples of specific techniques that help thin out enemy ranks and restrict opponents' choices.

The recent 12-game fast-play match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in Valencia, Spain, raises an obvious question: Why would Karpov consent to such an event? Kasparov, after four years of inactivity as a player, has the second-highest rating in the world, while Karpov has slipped out of the top 100.

First WGM Jennifer Shahade creates hulachess , now GM Susan Polgar reports on her blog about an underground rated chess tournament.

CHENNAI: Chennai will host the World junior chess championship and world junior girls' chess championship according to D.V. Sundar, Secretary, All India Chess Federation and Member Executive Board, FIDE.

A NEW hybrid sport that combines chess with boxing has been branded 'a joke' by a Wrexham kickboxing expert.

Kiran Panditrao won first place in the Sunday Rapid Chess Championship organised jointly by Pune District Chess Association and Global Mind Sports Foundation at Karve Road on Sunday.

This composed position seeks a key move by white that allows mate on his second move.

International chess champion Almira Skripchenko has turned poker pro. The twenty-something champ, hailing from Moldova, started playing chess at six and became the European Ladies Champion at age 21.

"Bishop to d3. . . . Black bishop takes White knight . . . Ooh . . ." The commentator draws in his breath: "Black's probably going to regret that move." Black probably does for, moments later, White's fist swings into his nose, covering Black in blood.

"Could a computer beat Garry Kasparov in his prime?" - She didn't do much research for this interview.

A select group of students in Coquille are breaking out their chess boards and preparing for a elite competition on one of the state's biggest stages.

The games were nearly all finished by the time this writer arrived at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St.

Ed Magee, who lives in Blenheim Road, sent two-metre-high chess pieces to battle earlier this month when he played on a glass chess board in the heart of London, a work of art set up as part of the London Design Festival.