NEWEST AMERICANS RULE CHAMPIONSHIPBy Grandmaster ANDY SOLTIS May 27, 2007 — CHESS ADD this to the immigration debate: If it weren’t for the foreign-born, America would be a third-world chess country. This was evident this month when the U.S....
Relative chess trend
PLAYING FOR MATE CAN BE ALL RELATIVEBy ANDY SOLTIS May 6, 2007 — CHESS PARTICIPANTS in international tournaments like to say they’re all members of one extended family, a brotherhood of masters. These days the family may also include...
Chess Gender Gap issue in the NY Post
Artwork by Mike Magnan GENDER GAP’S DUE TO MORE GUYS THAN GALSBy ANDY SOLTISFebruary 11, 2007 — Chess AN article in the current issue of Psychological Science tackles the mystery of the vast disproportion between male and female masters...