Simone is a 10 year-old growing up in Agoura Hills. She is more into reading, writing and art than maths and logic. Simone had never seen a chess set until second grade when she enrolled in an after-school beginner...
I learned not to be scared
Pan American Youth Chess 2008: Day 1: Round 1By Simone Liao Today I had to wake up really early because the round started at 9 am. That was 5 am in California Time! When I looked at the pairing...
Simone, a fantastic young role model
Post by Simone on her chess blog Wednesday, May 14, 2008My heart goes out to children in Sichuan Today I heard from my dad that earlier this week there was an earthquake with a 7.9 magnitude happened in Sichuan,...
Leading US score at the World Youth
Top US scores after 8 rounds at the World Youth in Turkey: Girls U18Ettie Nikolova 5.0 Girls U16Abby Marshall 5.0 Girls U14Dai Yang 4.5 Girls U12Alena Kuzniatsova 5.0 Girls U10Sarah Chiang 7.0 (leading her section) Girls U8Simone Liao 6.0...