Posted in Scholastic, USA on Jun 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Here is message sent last week from Elizabeth Vicary who coaches in the Chess-in-Schools program out of New York. Several girls have followed up their strong showing in the National Scholastics with local victories. Angelica Berrios and Jasmine Fermin are pictured below. Photos courtesy of Ms. Vicary. Dear Daaim,
Posted in Africa, Germany, Malawi, Olympiad on May 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Lab league to inspire Women for Olympiad BY Mphatso Malidadi 11:00:18 – 02 May 2008 Chess Association of Malawi says the newly-introduced ladies category in the Lab Enterprise individual championship will help them to inspire women to form a formidable national team to participate at World Olympiad shortly. Chessam vice-president Mark Chikoko made the remarks [...]
Posted in Scholastic, USA on Apr 27th, 2008 25 Comments »
News just in from Rodney Thomas… Medina Parrilla wins the All-Girls invitational sponsored by the Kasparov Chess Foundation. Parrilla won the under-18 section and by virtue of her victory, she wins a scholarship to University of Texas at Dallas. Parrilla beat top-seed Courtney Jamison to take top honors. (See results here.) According to Thomas, Jim [...]
Posted in Asia, China, Tournaments on Mar 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Women’s Grandmaster Hou Yifan of ChinaPhoto by Frederic Friedel. Chalk up another Chinese victory! Fourteen-year old Hou Yifan bested the strong field at the Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament sponsored by Türkiye ?? Bankasi. Hou scored an undefeated 7-1 and clinched a tie for first with a round to spare. Over the past year, [...]
Posted in Tournaments, USA on Mar 1st, 2008 6 Comments »
GM Maurice Ashley will attend the “Yes I Play Chess!” event in conjunction with Women’s History Month festivities. The event will be held on March 29th and is designed to teach women and girls the game of chess. Ashley will provide chess instruction and then give a 30-board simultaneous exhibition. There is an admission fee [...]
Posted in Media Stories on Feb 9th, 2008 4 Comments »
Stephanie Ballom in “Sweet 16″ magazine back in 2005. The above article is not from NEW IN CHESS, but Guideposts Sweet 16 magazine. More on the NEW IN CHESS later. This article was titled, “Queen of the Board” and written by Lisa Freeman. It was about Stephanie Ballom who (at the time) had just won [...]
Posted in Hip-Hop, Tournaments on Feb 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Coming in April! Hip-Hop Chess Federation All-Queens Invitational San Francisco, California, USA http://www.hiphopchessfederation.org
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