Archive for the ‘News’ Category

We have a new tournament starting on Wednesday the 14th.  After much deliberation, we’ve decided to call it the Suffern “Bishops of October” Swiss. Of course, that’s not all, the website has been updated with a bunch of new content.  Look around for the following items: A new post on where to find cool  chess [...]

Here in the US, we always talk about chess and what is going on in our neck of the woods (especially in New York), but sometimes we forget to take a step back and see the big picture. So, to keep the global perspective, we have added a link to FIDE to the front page.  [...]

The site has been updated with a variety of new content for your enjoyment.  Feel free to explore the new posts in the news,  jokes, and trivia sections. We also have added a new chess store “The Chess Zone” which is a local Haverstraw business that offers a wide variety of resonably priced merchandise on [...]

Chess Politics

Posted: January 9, 2009 in News

Chess and Politics are intertwined in the three new stories posted on the news section of our site. The first posting covers a recent article about a power struggle on the USCF executive board, which is trying to oust Susan Polgar and her husband Paul Truong. The second article covers a new documentary about Garry [...]

The news section has also been updated with new items.  Take a trip to this section of our site to learn more about The World Mind Games, Super Grandmasters and the chess prodigies in Cuba.