All-girl chess tourney to be held at Norfolk State University International chess grandmaster Susan Polgar will lend her support to girls chess and the inaugural Virginia Queens All-Girl Championships. The Norfolk Initiative for Chess Excellence will hold the state’s...
Kicking off Women’s History Month with FREE events in Norfolk, VA
Susan Polgar will Kick-off Women’s History Month in Norfolk, Virginia Two days of events: MARCH 2nd – (a Friday) Chrysler Museum of Art will host International Grandmaster, 1st woman to break the gender barrier in chess, Susan Polgar from...
Danailov with strong reaction about the Candidates tournament 2012
Silvio Danailov with strong reaction about the Candidates tournament 2012 In an interview for the Russian Sport Express, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced unofficially that the Candidates Tournament 2012, scheduled to take part later this year, will be held in London....
The SPICE success
The success of SPICEIn the first year of competing in division I, the SPICE – Knight Raiders earned a spot in the College Chess Final Four, finishing in 3rd place, ahead of UT Dallas. In the second year competing...
No fears, no tears, and no excuses!
No fears, no tears, and no excuses! On site reporterFebruary 19, 2012 High fever, runny nose, coughing, sneezing, teary eyes, and sometimes hallucination, none of this could stop the SPICE warriors from intense battles and giving 150% of everything...
SPICE – Knight Raiders win SW Collegiate Championship
L to R: GM Elshan Moradiabadi, GM Denes Boros, IM-elect Faik Aleskerov, GM Andre Diamant, IM Vitaly Neimer, GM Anatoly Bykhovsky at Dallas Love Airport The Texas Tech SPICE – Knight Raiders have just captured the 2012 SW Collegiate...
SPICE – Knight Raiders with narrow lead in Dallas
Round 2: Diamant 1-0 Bercys After 3 (of 5) rounds, the SPICE Knight Raiders at Texas Tech are leading with 9.5 points, followed by hometown#1 seed team UT Dallas with 8.5 points. UT Brownsville is in 3rd place with...
Leave our meat judging team and Law School moot court team alone
Tech gets checkmatedSubmitted by Jon Mark Beilue on Tue, 02/07/2012 – 2:07pm Hard times for us Texas Tech alums. First, the Red Raiders suffer their first losing football season since 1992. Then the men’s basketball team may not win...
This is the chess equivalent of the entire championship University of Alabama football team and coaching staff up and transferring
Sinquefield should focus on chess, not public school, boardsBy BARB SHELLYThe Kansas City Star Before Rex Sinquefield became a multimillionaire and a political kingmaker, he was a chess player. And whatever you think of Sinquefield’s libertarian views and shameless...
Approaching 30 and going strong
About 30 articles have been written so far by local, regional, state, national, and international media (print, internet, radio, and TV) about the upcoming relocation of SPICE (Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence) from Texas Tech University to Webster...