Archive for March 4th, 2010

5th Annual “Bum Rush the Boards”

Posted in Hip-Hop, Scholastic on Mar 4th, 2010 4 Comments »

Chess + S.T.E.M. + Hip-Hop = Bum Rush the Boards “They might think they’ve got a pretty good jump shot or a pretty good flow, but our kids can’t all aspire to be the next LeBron or Lil’ Wayne. I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers, not just ballers and […]

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March 2010 FIDE Rating list released!

Posted in FIDE on Mar 4th, 2010 1 Comment »

Veselin Topalov briefly took the #1 spot during the Linares Super GM tournament, but then fell back off Magnus Carlsen (2813, +3) to remain in the #2 spot. The World Champion challenger is behind Carlsen by mere percentage points on the unofficial live list. Unfortunately, Linares did not make the calculations and the official list […]

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