Buying a chess set for your child might seem like a presumptuous move especially if your child doesn't like board games.

THEY say men cana t multi-task, but Salisbury Chess Club champion Ieuan Ward proved that they can when he took on 10 fellow members simultaneously.

What do you do when your eight-year-old son is given some particularly tricky maths homework? Well, you have a go yourself, obviously.

From : Sebouh Z Tashjian Date : Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:06:21 +0400 TWO ARMENIAN GRANDMASTERS TO TAKE PART WORLD CUP-2009 CHESS TOURNAMENT /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 16.11.2009 20:03 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ World cup chess-2009 will be held from November 20 to December 14 in Khanty-Mansiysk , 128 players from different countries will take part in the cup.

An employee awarded the title 'FIDE Master' He was the first FIDE-rated player of Madurai district in 1983 MADURAI: S. Rengarajan, a Life Insurance Corporation of India employee in Madurai Division who has represented South Zone for nearly 25 times in the All India Chess Championship, was honoured by the Regional Manager P. Annadurai during his ...

No app catalog bombshells here, but there are a slew of more minor fixes and updates that should make users experience a great deal smoother.

The naked truth about Townsend Park, according to Anthony Capece, is that the small triangle of faded green space -- once home to klatches of salty chess maestros -- has become a grimy haven for transients, rowdy drunks, public urinators and worse.

Chess players are relatively rare, but they can be seen. Those who play chess will sometimes do so in conditions that would bemuse a western player.

From : Katia Peltekian Date : Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:09:31 +0400 LILIT MKRTCHYAN JOINS TOP-20 WOMEN CHESS PLAYERS Aysor Nov 2 2009 Armenia Neither member of Armenian women's chess team ranked in the list of top-10 players that are rated by FIDE by November.

Watson, who passed away August 3, joined Irving ISD in 2003 as special education aide at Singley Academy .

Hedrick Elementary School is bringing chess to life. Students in the school's chess club became chess pieces in a life-sized chess game during the dedication of the chess board intended to enhance the students' critical-thinking skills Oct.

In the 9th round, Armenia was defeated 1,5:2,5 by Russia. Russia are the champions with 16 points.

Congratulations to the Middle School Chess Team who placed second in the South Carolina Independent School Association State Chess Tournament held on October 22nd in Orangeburg, SC.

A jury of 6 men and 6 women found Jeffrey Martin Young guilty of all four charges in the 2008 attack of a Slaughters' Supermarket employee, rejecting a defense contention that the 31-year-old man with a history of mental illness was insane at the time.

When we first start playing the exciting game of chess, it can become very daunting losing game after game to more experienced players.

The long-standing chess match between Tim Eyman and Government, with a capital G, entered its 10th season this year with Initiative 1033, another ballot measure that seeks to limit how much money state and local lawmakers can collect from their taxpayers.

This is the third installment of four in the Beginner's Chess Strategy Series. I'm here to help those still learning the game by outlining a few examples of specific techniques that help thin out enemy ranks and restrict opponents' choices.

The recent 12-game fast-play match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in Valencia, Spain, raises an obvious question: Why would Karpov consent to such an event? Kasparov, after four years of inactivity as a player, has the second-highest rating in the world, while Karpov has slipped out of the top 100.

First WGM Jennifer Shahade creates hulachess , now GM Susan Polgar reports on her blog about an underground rated chess tournament.

CHENNAI: Chennai will host the World junior chess championship and world junior girls' chess championship according to D.V. Sundar, Secretary, All India Chess Federation and Member Executive Board, FIDE.