Each year, players from the SPNI come up with their own unique theme. One year, they came with their tiaras. The next year they came with their boas then they painted their faces the year after. This year they...
Jamison/Yang and Mirchandani/Carter win SPNI Bughouse
2008 SPNI Bughouse Championship 24 teams took part in the 2008 Bughouse Championship! After 5 double rounds, the Texas team of Jamison / Yang and Mirchandani (FL) / Carter (MI) tied for first with the score of 8 /10!...
Only one perfect after 4 rounds
Standings 2008 Polgar: Polgar 2008 # Name ID Rtng Post St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot 1 Courtney Jamison 12746751 2046 2051 TX W24 W22 W14 W5 4.02 Rita Mirchandani 12864067 1813 1818 FL W36...
Fun basketball
Some of the players from the SPNI had a chance to show case their talents on the basketball earlier today. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2008 SPNI Blitz Co-Champions
Ashley Carter (Michigan) and Janice Chen (Utah) tied for 1st at the 2008 SPNI Blitz Championship with the score of 4.5 / 5. Congratulations to both Ashley and Janice! SwissSys Standings. 2008 Polgar: Polgar Blitz # Name ID Rtng...
Running things smoothly at the 2008 SPNI
Chief TD Frank K. Berry and USCF Polgar Committee Chair Dewain Barber hard at work. These are two of the many volunteers putting in 10-12 hour day to make sure all the events run smoothly and timely. Chess Daily...
Results of SPNI Puzzle Solving Championship
SPNI 2008 Puzzle Solving Championship Results – Players who got 7 or more correctly Name Correct Time Rebekah Liu 10/10 5:26Rheanna English 10 6:55Fiona Lam 10 6:56Rita Mirchandani 10 9:21Amelia Wheeless 10 12:41Sonya Vohra 10 13:17Shinan Jin 10 13:29Ashbea...
Media, media, media
The Avalanche Journal, Lubbock’s largest newspaper, featured the 2008 Susan Polgar National Invitational on the Sunday cover. In addition, TTU’s own Daily Toreador, and local TV networks also came to cover the event. Randy Wheeless, Chess Dad and President...
Hating the media?
Fischer hated press — sometimes for good reasonSaturday, July 19, 2008 2:59 AMBy SHELBY LYMAN The media were the bane of Bobby Fischer’s existence. He avoided them, fled from them, even once asked a friend whether it was legal...
Chess in Italy
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