Whatley Astonishes All At Final ChampionshipsPosted March 27, 2014 COLUMBIA – As the defending female champion in your final state championships, you are certainly looking for a way to add a crowning achievement to your career. Something that would...
SPF Girl’s Invitational participant eyes future at Webster University
Whatley Finds Some Success in St. Louis, Eyes Future at Webster Posted July 29, 2013 MERRIWETHER – Edgefield County’s Tori Whatley (far right) stood her ground at the Susan Polgar Girl’s Invitational chess tournament in St. Louis, Missouri last...
Whatley heads to national chess competition
Whatley heads to national chess competitionSports NotesPosted: July 17, 2012 – 7:44pm | Updated: July 17, 2012 – 10:56pm Tori Whatley, of North Augusta, the top female scholastic chess player in South Carolina, will be competing in the nationals...
Chess program for at-risk kids
Artwork by Mike Magnan Lexington sheriff, school kids start chess programPosted: Oct 28, 2011 3:03 AM CDT LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) – The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and Lexington County School District One are teaming up to start a chess...
For both kings and pawns, chess is the game of a lifetime
For both kings and pawns, chess is the game of a lifetime And, hey, it’s not every day a grandmaster drops by Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 By MINDY LUCAS Their brows were furrowed; their focus, intense. They used opening...
SC chess club holds open tournament in Columbia
Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 SC chess club holds open tournament in Columbia The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — It’s a battle of the minds this weekend in Columbia as the South Carolina Chess Association holds a tournament in the...
Whatley Sets Benchmark With Solid Performance
Whatley Sets Benchmark With Solid Performance At National Chess Match Web posted August 8, 2011 Lubbock, Texas – Using peanut M&M’s for currency, Tori Whatley, of Merriwether, hosted a blackjack party in her dorm room at Stangel Hall on...
You just play your best and hope for the best
Local chess teams rack up captured kings at state competitionBy KATE CERVE843-706-8177Published Friday, March 11, 2011 Beaufort-area students from three schools claimed six of eight first-place awards in the elementary division of this year’s state chess championships in Columbia....
Chess Master Gives Simultaneous Exhibition
Chess Master Gives Simultaneous Exhibition Ari Bergeron Created: 10/25/2010 10:04:38 PMUpdated: 10/25/2010 10:49:24 PM Columbia, SC (WLTX) – Charles Walter was a National Master Chess player. He was a five-time state champion. He once sat across from one of...
‘Coffee Shop Chess King’
Ari Takes on the ‘Coffee Shop Chess King’8/26/2010 10:08:51 PM Columbia, SC (WLTX) – Jay King cannot remember the last time he lost at chess. His challengers have come from all ends of this earth. But the result is...