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Newsletter: Vol. 4 No.1 December 2013
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Newsletter: Vol. 3 No.2 March 2012
style type="text/css"> The Angry Bird By C.K. Damrosch Kibbitzing is a great word that comes to us from Yiddish, from a Hebrew version of the German word kiebitzen. Originally it just meant being an onlooker or a spectator, but over time it developed a negative connotation of being a busybody or giving intrusive, meddlesome, or unwanted advice. Originally it just meant being an onlooker or a spectator, but over time it developed a negative connotation of being a busybody or giving intrusive, meddlesome, or unwanted advice. Similarly in the Chess word, at one time it was a terrible ...
Newsletter: Vol. 2,No1 November 2010
Queens vs. Kings: Why Women Chessplayers Should Have Equality With Men BY DANIEL TAUBENBLAT Last month in St. Louis, Gata Kamsky the second highest rated US player (2808), won the 2011 US Championship title and a $42,000 prize. At the same location, Anna Zatonskih the highest rated woman (2506), won the Women’s US Championship and an $18,000 prize. If chess is a game where you mostly think and doesn’t use the body’s muscles like other sports, ...
Newsletter: Vol. 2,No2 Februay 2011
Ramaz Chess Team Flexes Muscles at Nationals BY MARK KURTZMAN Each year, thousands of scholastic players descend upon a different location in the U.S. to compete at the National Scholastic Chess Championships. This year’s Grade School Nationals event was held at Lake Buena Vista, Florida (at Disneyworld) with 1350 students participating. The tournament is divided by grades and produces a National Championship individual and team for each grade. Playing up into a higher grade is not ...
Newsletter: Vol. 2,No3 June 2011
Queens vs. Kings: Why Women Chessplayers Should Have Equality With Men BY DANIEL TAUBENBLAT Last month in St. Louis, Gata Kamsky the second highest rated US player (2808), won the 2011 US Championship title and a $42,000 prize. At the same location, Anna Zatonskih the highest rated woman (2506), won the Women’s US Championship and an $18,000 prize. If chess is a game where ...
Newsletter: Vol. 3 No.1 November 2011
Stretching Your Brain: How to Warm Up for a Chess Tournament BY DANIEL TAUBENBLAT Many chess playing students who participate in tournaments want to know what are the best things to do before the event. If you watch your Mom or Dad when they exercise or if you are in a special soccer, ballet, or sports activity, you might notice that stretching is an important part of the activity. A good way to prepare for a tournament is also to stretch, to stretch your body and mind. -- CONTINUED ON PAGE 7-- ...
Newsletter: Vol. 1,No3 April 2010
Playing Chess Your Whole Life: Enjoying Chess at Any Age Chess is one of those few activities that can be learned and enjoyed at any age. It can stay with us our whole life, as a hobby to learn from and have fun with. Many of our regular Tri-State Chess tournament players and winners have started chess at a very young age. Some are as young as 3 or 4 years old. Many of the greatest players of all time like Bobby Fischer or Gary Kasparov were child prodigies or kids that showed an ability or talent to learn a difficult sport, ...
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