Official website: http://www.vachess.org Event Schedule o Saturday, April 6th: Round 1 at 10AM, Round 2 at 5PM. o Sunday, April 7th: Round 3 (Final Round) at 9 AM. o Awards Ceremony: TBD, usually about 15-30 minutes after the last game finishes...
Breaking April Fools News: Big shakeups with Webster University chess team
Update: I usually do not reveal that it is an April fools day joke until the end of the day. However, because I have received countless inquiries about this “news”, I have decided to let the cat out of...
2013 SPICE Cup Open – $11,000 guaranteed
2013 SPICE Cup Open Sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation St. Louis, MissouriOctober 15-19, 2013 GM/IM norm opportunity – Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100 Limited to first 50 entries 4 IM/GM norms were earned last year: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.comPRIZES: $11,000 guaranteed $4,000-$2,000-$1,500-$1,000-$500U/2400 FIDE $500-$250-$125U/2300 FIDE...
Webster University freshman GM Corrales wins Philadelphia Open
Webster University freshman, GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez, just won the 2013 Philadelphia Open with the score of 7-2. He tied for 1st with IM Daniel Naroditsky (GM norm) but edged him on tiebreaks.This is Fidel’s last warm up tournament...
13 year old Norwegian scores GM norm
Aryan Tari (13): Photo: Bjørn Berg Johansen 13 year old Norwegian Aryan Tari made a sensational result in the Open Norwegian Championship scoring a GM norm before ever having made any IM norms. The 13 year old, FIDE rated...
2 Webster U freshmen in top 10 of the world junior list
Webster University freshmen GM Wesley So is at #2, and GM Ray Robson is at #9 in the latest top juniors in the world ranking. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2013 SPICE Cup Open – $11,000 guaranteed
2013 SPICE Cup Open Sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation St. Louis, MissouriOctober 15-19, 2013 GM/IM/WGM/WIM norm opportunity – Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100 Limited to first 50 entries 4 IM/GM norms were earned last year: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com...
Cinderella team advances to Final Four
University of Illinois is a bracket-buster — in chess Cinderella team advances to Final Four The University of Illinois may have been edged out by Miami in men’s basketball, but they clinched a berth at another Final Four — in...
Rules & Conditions for the 10th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational ($200K in prizes and scholarships)
Rules and Conditions for the 10th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational (SPGI)July 20 – 25, 2013 at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri) – Approximately $200,000 in chess scholarships, chess prizes, and iPad mini, etc. (Full tuition and fees...
College Chess Final Four
The 2013 College Chess Final Four will take place on April 5-7 in Rockville, MD. The event is sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton. Format: Round Robin – Each team is allowed 4 starters and 2 reserve playersScoring: Game point...