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Romantic chess was the style of chess prevalent in the 19th century. It was characterized by brash sacrifices and open, tactical games. Winning was secondary to winning with style – so much, in fact, that it was considered unsportsmanly to decline a gambit (the sacrifice of a pawn or piece to obtain an attack).
Pages in category "Chess players from Philadelphia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. L.
The Promise Academy at Roberts Vaux High School (commonly referred to as the Roberts Vaux Promise Academy) is an historic, American high school building that is located in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the 2018 US Chess Delegate's Meeting, in Middleton, Wisconsin, Dewain Barber was named "Dean of Scholastic Chess". Barber has been a tremendous advocate of scholastic chess in the United States and has contributed to the development of a national invitational events for middle school state champions.
Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994.
She didn't appear in the first sequel to the movie, but did show up for Police Academy 3, 4, 5 and 6, as well as the 1994 movie (Police Academy: Mission to Moscow) and an episode of the 1997 TV ...
Academic Chess is a non-profit program founded in 1994 that teaches elementary-aged students how to play chess.It produced many United States Chess Federation-ranked players, including Nicholas Nip, a 9- year- old who in 2008 became the youngest chess master in history at age 9. [1]
It's a safety issue," said Lisette Agosto Cintrón, principal at the district-run online school, the Philadelphia Virtual Academy, and a former principal at ASPIRA bilingual cyber charter school ...