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First International Chess Tournament [1] was a chess competition held in San Antonio, Texas, from November 19 to December 11, 1972. Sponsored by fast food franchise Church's Chicken as a marketing strategy to promote the company and an attempt to capitalize on the rise of the game's popularity in the U.S, the tournament was regarded at the time ...
Woodward earned his first IM norm in the 2021 North American Junior Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. He earned four more IM norms in Novi Sad, Serbia. [2] [3]In October 2022, Woodward earned his first GM norm at the 1000GM Hollywood Masters with a score of 6.5/9, defeating grandmasters Illia Nyzhnyk and Gergely Kántor. [4]
The national chess championship of Mexico has been organized annually since 1973 by FENAMAC (Spanish: Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Mexico A.C.), the Mexican chess federation. Known since 1997 as the National Absolute Championship ( Campeonato Nacional Absoluto ) and previously as the National Closed Championship ( Campeonato Nacional ...
A guide to playing Texas Hold’em, the most popular variation of poker at most online and brick-and-mortar casinos
A much publicised team event, described as 'The Match of the Century', comprises a four-round, ten-board contest played between teams of the USSR and the Rest of the World.
The Chess Room holds regular USCF and FIDE rated tournaments, including blitz and rapid events. On May 2, 2019, the Mechanics' Institute Club Rapid Championship brought 13 Grandmasters and 37 titled players in total, making it the strongest tournament ever held in the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club.
The Nicaraguan Chess Championship is currently organized by Fenanic (Spanish: Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Nicaragua), the national chess federation of Nicaragua.. After the first championship was held as a match in 1956, subsequent editions have been held as tournaments in multiple categories, [1] with the winner of the top category becoming the national cham
The first Pan American Chess Championship was held in Hollywood, 28 July – 12 August 1945. The line-up was as follows: 1. Samuel Reshevsky United States 10.5,; 2.