Dr. Rich Rice giving a presentation to a group of PhD students at Texas Tech University – The importance of Chess and many field of studies such as Education, Writing, Medicine, Math, High Performance Computing, Computer, Phychology, etc. Chess...
Don’t bring the King out in the opening
He is still learning the basic rules of chess 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A new member of the Polgar family
He is a mixed Rat Terrier – Mini Schnauzer and only about 6+ weeks old. His birthday is on April 1, 2008. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Corpus Christi Camp
Artwork by Mike Magnan 4th Annual Summer Chess Camp in Corpus ChristiWeek 1: June 2nd – June 6thWeek 2: 9th – June 13thWeek 3: June 16th – June 20thWeek 4: June 23rd – June 27thWeek 5: June 30th –...
So how does one celebrate?
So how did Tommy celebrate after he tied for first at the National Elementary Championship (K-3 section) with Danny Angermeir? By going to the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh before we headed to the airport to go back to...
A common problem for college chess
Chess Club complains about lack of recognitionLiza AtamyIssue date: 5/12/08 The SJSU Chess Club has had trouble being recognized as an official club on campus by Student Involvement, said Albert Rich, the president of the club. Rich, a senior...
Clinching another national championship
National Elementary Championship Results: K-1: Feng, Roland and Vasudeva, Tanuj (co-champions) 7 points K-3: Angermeier, Danny and Polgar, Tommy (co-champions) 6.5 points K-5: Li, Brian S and Liao, Eric N (co-champions) 6.5 points K-6: Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A (champion) 6.5...
A major milestone
This is my 10,000th entries on this specific blog since it started on May 23, 2005 at exactly 2 pm! This was my first official introduction: Dear Friends and Colleagues, For a long time, I have always championed the...
Carlsen’s relaxed, objective approach
Boy wonder Carlsen thrives on relaxed, objective approachSaturday, May 10, 2008 3:13 AMBy SHELBY LYMAN There is a new star in the chess firmament. At 17, chess wunderkind Magnus Carlsen of Norway is showing the mastery and consistency of...
51,000+ Euros bonus to the winning Bulgarian
Corporate Commercial Bank will award the winner in M-Tel Masters 2008 with BGN 100 000 if he is Bulgarian (Sofia, 8 May 2008) Corporate Commercial Bank will award the winner in the fourth edition of the international super chess...