Chess helps young players develop thinking and social skills

As If we didn’t already know this, right? Well check out the story about some middle school players

Parag clinches open Int’l chess title

Parag beat Mahfuzur Rahman Emon in the ninth and final round to secure eight points to clinch the title.

12-year-old in contention in Ukraine Championship

The 2008 Ukraine Championship is missing Ivanchuk, Ponomariov and Karjakin, but is still very strong, with 26 participants, including 17 GMs. The player to watch is IM Illya Nyzhnyk. At twelve he sports a 2444 rating, and after four rounds he has three points (two wins, two draws).

‘Chess’ Just Isn’t Fun Anymore

Good ol’ Soviet intrigue just doesn’t entertain like it used to. In “Chess,” two world-class players at the end of the Cold War find themselves caught within an ever-growing game of politics and trickery, a game that fails to amuse

Check mate: Giant chess board in Auburn for school holidays

During the summer holidays Auburn residents will have the chance to polish their knowledge of rooks, bishops, knights, queens and pawns by enrolling in special coaching classes and a giant chess board game.

New five Cuban chess players were promoted to Grand Masters

The congress promoted Fidel Corrales, Yuri González, Isam Ortiz, Luis Manuel Pérez and Yaniet Marrero to that category.

Deep Green – “the best chess game” for iPhone

Yesterday a new Chess app called Deep Green ($4.99, App Store) was released, and there’s been a lot of noise about it – the most amount of noise coming from John Gruber, who says that Deep Green is “the best chess game yet for the iPhone”.

Lalgopal crowned chess champion

L Lalgopal Sharma of Accountant General culled 15 points with 45 progressive score to win the chess competition of the 6th Inter Central civil Services Sports Meet.

First defeat for chess team

Worcestershire League’s First Division champions Kidderminster lost for the first time since March 2007.

Doping scandal shocks the world… of chess

…Chess Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk. The Ukrainian professional chess whiz failed to submit a urine sample after the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. So since he didn’t play by the rules, he is being accused of doping. Ivanchuk aka “Big Chunky” could face a two-year ban.

Did I miss anything? Feel free to contact me and let me know. I’d more than happy to post it and give credit where credit is due.

That’s all for now until next week!

Let’s get started, you ready?

We started off this week on a sad note with the pasing of a chess legend Bob Wade

Chess club wins over Mariner Middle students

The chess club is open to any Mariner Middle School student who can stay after school once a week. Novices are encouraged to try their hand at the game, and students pair up and often switch opponents for games.

Purkashian becomes chess Grandmaster

Iran’s woman chess player Atusa Purkashian became Grandmaster after a good performance in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden 2008.

COLORADO CHESS: World champ keeps his title

India’s Viswanathan Anand defended his world chess title by defeating former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia.

The 12-game match, which Anand won 6.5 to 4.5, took place Oct. 11-29 in Bonn, Germany.

Al Sulaiti bags chess trophy

ALI Al Sulaiti secured a first-place finish in the Al Shakhoora Open Chess Championship despite a 0.5-0.5 draw with Warren Ortis of the Philippines.

In his sixth round game, the Bahrain national team veteran was the only unbeaten player in the tournament and needed half point to seal the title of this annual competition, being organised by Al Shakhoora Youth Centre.

Check: reading about chess

The Washington Post looks at a stack of chess-related books, recommending the nonfiction “White King and White Queen” and the fictional “Zugwang.” Gary Kasparov‘s memoir, “How Life Imitates Chess,” is not recommended.

Rook Dreams

This past fall, the world championship match in Bonn, Germany, wasn’t the only thing stirring up chess enthusiasts. ChessBase 10, a beefier new version of the massive database program that is the tournament player’s gold standard, had arrived.

Let’s start it off:

• Area students compete in chess tournament

It was an exciting morning on Nov. 15 at the Fremont Middle School. On one side of the room, play was moving fast and furious, while on the other side, play was tense and deliberate.

• RP chess squad doomed from the start

Our team to the Dresden Chess Olympiad was doomed even before it left. Its composition—from a faulty national qualifying system—and board assignments were pitiful.

• U.S. teams trail at Olympiad

Six teams, including defending champion Armenia and heavy favorite Russia, shared the lead after five rounds of the Chess Olympiad in Bonn, Germany. Each had four match wins and a tie. The U.S. team, ranked 10th in the field of 146 teams, defeated three lesser teams but tied 27th-ranked Greece and lost, 1-3, to fourth-seeded Azerbaijan

• Felton wins chess tourney at FSC

Bruce Felton, currently the highest nationally rated chess player in Fitchburg, won the Dr. Dieter H. Keller Memorial Tournament at Fitchburg State College

• U.S. Men’s and Women’s Chess Teams Take Bronze Medals in Germany

At the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden, Germany (November 12-25), the U.S. Women’s and Men’s teams both earned bronze medals, the first time ever that American women’s and men’s teams scored medals in the same Olympiad

• NCAA chess wars

Champion: College of St. Benilde (CSB)

• Chess goes ballet

Ninette de Valois’ “Checkmate,” which will be performed as a dramatic life-size chess match where the pieces come to life…

Keep an eye out – More Next Week! If you have any news feel free to contact us.