Category Archives: scholastic chess

Chess-in-the-Schools President Profiled

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Chess-in-the-Schools president Marley Kaplan is profiled in the Giving section of today’s New York Times (see “Marley Kaplan Left the Banking World to Teach Chess to Schoolchildren” by Geraldine Fabrikant — and be sure to check out the excellent “Chess … Continue reading →

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Ng and Shen Take 1st and 2nd in Cadets

Posted on July 12, 2009 by

New Jersey’s Andrew Ng took first place in the 2009 U.S. Cadet Championship, July 7-10 in Crossville, Tennessee. Close behind was fellow NJ rising star Victor Shen, who won a grueling 150 move game against NM Rohan Agarwal to claim … Continue reading →

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Evan Ju Wins Cadet Championship

Posted on June 22, 2007 by

Fifteen-year-old NM Evan Ju won the prestigious Cadet (under-16) Championship in Tampa, Florida, yesterday, finishing with an impressive 7/10 score (with no draws! – see the crosstable). You may recall that Evan became the youngest ever NJ State Champion in … Continue reading →

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Chess Goes to School

Posted on May 2, 2007 by

“Chess Goes to School” by Ann Hulbert at Slate.com is one of the most provocative recent pieces devoted to scholastic chess and anticipates some of the points I’ve been developing in my own long-delayed review of Michael Weinreb‘s excellent book, … Continue reading →

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