Archive for September 15th, 2009

Street Legends Battle in New York!

Posted in Drum Majors on Sep 15th, 2009 38 Comments »

New York is known by most accounts to be the “Mecca” of American chess. There are so many legendary stories borne in the “Big Apple” including Bobby Fischer and Hikaru Nakamura fame. Other colorful personalities such as Maurice Ashley and Asa Hoffman have made their marks. The latter being known as a famous chess hustler. […]

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SPICE Cup begins on 19th!

Posted in Tournaments on Sep 15th, 2009 22 Comments »

The highly-anticipated SPICE Cup tournament will begin on September 19th and touts one of the strongest lineups in U.S. history for a closed tournament. GM Susan Polgar has raised the stakes and improved on last year’s tournament that had an average rating of 2605.5. This year’s field has an array of strong, young talent including […]

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