Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The volunteers tried to shush the students huddled over chess boards recently in a Minneapolis middle school gym. But the enthusiastic chatter of more than 200 young chess players plotting their ...
Leaf-peeping season is almost here as the searing heat of summer comes to a close. Fall foliage outlooks say peak fall colors will start appearing in the northeast United States by early October ...
According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' fall color map, half of Freeborn County is at 50 to 75% of peak color, while the other half is at 75% to 100%. By Halloween, all of the ...
Balakrishnan tied for first place in the Charlotte Chess Center's Thanksgiving 2020 GM Norm Invitational with a score of 6.5/9, bringing his FIDE rating above 2500. [10] He competed in the 2021 US Junior Championship, a round robin tournament with 10 of the best junior chess players in the United States, and he finished in a tie for 2nd place.
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. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life.
Canty began playing chess at the age of 8 after being introduced to the game by his father, and was able to beat him within a year. [3] He attended Bates Academy, a Detroit primary school for gifted students, where he joined the school's chess team and trained under Harold Steen.
A CBS News map shows where leaf colors are changing and where to see peak fall foliage, updated regularly. Our fall foliage forecast maps shows when leaf colors will peak in 2024 Skip to main content
Andrew Tang won the 2023 US Open. He and GM Alexey Sorokin both won their ninth round games to tie for first place, but Tang won the Armageddon playoff. [16] Tang was subsequently featured on the cover of the December 2023 issue of Chess Life. In 2024, Tang was inducted into the Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame, by the Minnesota State Chess ...