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Lindsborg chess school seeks new director (Kansas City Star, MO)

The Russian immigrant who turned Lindsborg into a center for international chess has left the helm of the well-known chess school he brought to the small Kansas town.

Now the nonprofit group that took over ownership of the financially struggling school earlier this year is seeking another visionary to keep the dream alive.

The Anatoly Karpov School of Chess has formed a search committee to find a director to replace Mikhail Korenman, who has moved to Chicago to be with his family, said Wes Fisk, a board member for the International Chess Institute of the Midwest, the nonprofit group that now operates the Lindsborg school.

Fair Haven school to send a chess hero to nationals (Rutland Herald, VT)

For a school that banned playing chess, Fair Haven Union High School has a pretty good chess team.

Senior Dillon Russell-Kenniston and junior Oliver Chase went 5-0 in the Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championship held April 8 in Richmond, sharing honors as the state's high school chess co-champions. One of them will represent Vermont at the national tournament in mid-August, and two other members of the Fair Haven team placed at states.

Fair Haven has sent a team to the tournament for the past three years, according to coaches Toby Milne and Betty Russo, each time returning with a champion player.

Dalton’s perfect score earns top chess championship spot (Claremore Daily Progress, OK)

Fifty-eight players participated in the 4th Annual Claremore Public Schools K-4 Championship at Central Upper Elementary after school on Monday, April 24.

This was more than double the size of last year’s event, with all three of Claremore’s K-4 elementary schools competing. Claremont returned to the Championship with new Chess Club Sponsor Teresa Parris fielding 19 of her players.

At the end of the day, third-grader Matt Dalton of Roosa Elementary was the only player with five wins. This is the second year in a row that Matt has earned the top spot with a perfect 5-0 score.

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