Checkmate: Fifth Annual Youth Chess Tournament Held in FrostburgNews – Frostburg NewsWritten by Richard Kerns Sunday, 01 March 2009 19:23Appalachian Independent – Cumberland, MD, USA FROSTBURG –A dozen Frostburg-area children went head-to-head Saturday morning in the game of kings,...
Check skills with their mates
Chess players check skills with their matesBy ALICIA NOTARIANNIHagerstown Morning Herald – Hagerstown,MD,USAFebruary 21, 2009BOONSBORO — Competition was intense Saturday at the Boonsboro Middle School gymnasium. Home team sixth-grader Amanda Frey maintained her position on the court with steely...
Frostburg Scholastic CC Chess Tournament
Youth chess tournament to be held Feb. 28 Written by Richard Kerns Saturday, 14 February 2009 16:54Appalachian Independent, MD Fifth Annual Scholastic Chess Club Chess Tournament Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10:30 a.m., Frostburg Community Library FROSTBURG – The Frostburg...
The chess passion
Unbillable Hours: Maryland lawyer a major player at Fells Point Chess ClubCARYN TAMBERDaily Record Legal Affairs WriterDecember 28, 2008 7:27 PM For Peter H. Gunst, chess is many things: social outlet, intellectual workout, even physical exercise. Gunst, a partner...
Quiet battle of the minds
A strategic, quiet battle of the mindsChildren compete in scholastic chess tournamentFriday, Oct. 31, 2008By VIKI VOLKSpecial to the Recorder Parents paced outdoors. The cafeteria buzzed with players bulking up on soda and potato chips between matches. But the...
Regional chess success story
April 14, 2008Boonsboro Middle, Pleasant Valley clubs compete in chess event Chess clubs from Pleasant Valley Elementary School and Boonsboro Middle School competed April 5 in the first Maryland Chess Association W. Paul Engle Jr. Open tournament at Boonsboro...
UMBC and Arbutus Middle School
Middle school club an opening gambit for UMBC chess team11/21/07By Scott Weybright Pawel Blehm has played chess in tournaments around the world, from New Delhi to Budapest, as well as all over his native Poland. This fall, however,the former...
Eagle Chess Academy
EAGLE Chess Academy Hosts Its First Chess Tournament Forestville, MD, August 10, 2007 –(PR.com)– EAGLE Chess Academy hosted its first monthly tournament to over thirty participants and spectators on Sunday, July 29, 2007. It consisted of four rounds of...
Major boost for chess in Maryland
State Department of Education Announces First Ever Grant Funding for Chess in Maryland Schools FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From Maryland State Dept. of EducationContact: William Reinhard, 410-767-0486Twenty-four programs throughout state to receive funding for chess programs BALTIMORE, MD (July 19,...
Chess grants for 37 schools
State gets chess grants for 37 schools, about 750 studentsMegan McIlroy, The Examiner2007-07-20 07:00:00.0Current rank: # 301 of 5,637 BALTIMORE – Checkmate! About 750 students in 37 Maryland schools are expected to pick up the pawns, bishops and rooks...