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L-P sees high turnout, performance for chess team (LaSalle News Tribune, IL)

Students on the La Salle-Peru Township High School chess team don’t have to be as good as Gary Kasparov, but they do have to follow the rules.

“I don’t make value judgments but I do demand them to respect one another,” said Bill Schulte, L-P chess club coach.

Schulte said he aims to teach the students respect, manners and good sportsmanship, all the while having fun.

Check-mates meet for chess (Claremore Daily Progress, OK)

Claremore 1st Assembly of God and Claremore Christian Scholastic Chess Club (CCSCC) were host to the sixth annual Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Grade Championship.

There were 212 participants from 43 schools all over Oklahoma at the Saturday, Nov. 19th, event.

The event was the largest Oklahoma Grade Championship ever, and the second largest nationally rated chess tournament in Oklahoma history. Several of Claremore's scholastic chess clubs were well-represented at this event organized by the Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization (OSCO).

Chan brothers recall glory days of Pulaski County's chess competition (New River Valley Current, VA)

When Pulaski County High School captured its last Virginia Scholastic State Chess Championship as a team in 1998, it was due in large part to the Chan brothers.

King Chan, a senior at the time, placed third, and brother Ming Chan, a freshman, tied for first. As it turned out, that was also the peak of the brothers' careers in chess competition.

"When my children were age six and nine, there was a group of students really keen on studying and learning the game," said their father, Dr. Yung Chan. "And over the years we had several people who were masters come and teach them."

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