by Justin Gardner | Oct 11, 2012 | News & Updates
Practice, practice, and more practice! Any strong player will tell you that solving puzzles daily will help keep you sharp. A “Puzzles” Section has been added to the website that will let you test your skills each and every day – challenging enough...
by Justin Gardner | Oct 11, 2012 | News & Updates
Lamar High School Tournament (October 6th, 2012) There is a new “spark” with the TH Rogers Chess Team this year (I think it is due to IM Daniel Fernandez and Expert Bo Githoro having joined the coaching lineup). TH Rogers was able to take top honors again...
by Justin Gardner | Oct 11, 2012 | News & Updates
US Class Championships (September 19th-21st, 2012) While the GMs and IMs were fighting it out in the Masters Section, the K-3, K-6, and K-9 Scholastic Sections had a lots of competition this year. TH Rogers came to play and swept the K-3, K-6, and K-9 Sections,...
by Justin Gardner | Oct 11, 2012 | News & Updates
Aldine Middle School Tournament (September 15th, 2012) To my mind, this was the first major scholastic chess tournament (160+ players) held after summer. Congratulations are in order to Village School for taking 1st place in the Elementary Section with an incredible...
by Justin Gardner | Sep 1, 2012 | News & Updates
I have returned from Spain! After 2 months of non-stop competing in international chess tournaments, it feels great to be back home. I got to match up against plenty of Grandmasters (GMs) and International Masters (IMs) from around the world. While my goal of Fide...
