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Abby Marshall Crowned Queen of Chess in 2006 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls

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Ursula Foster Memorial Chess Gifts Awarded at 2006 Denker Tournament of High School Champions & 2006 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls

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Chess In the Media

Unique chess at art festival (Bridgeton News, NJ)

Have you ever seen a living chess match?

It's one in which the pieces, from pawn to queen, are portrayed by humans moving and capturing opponents on a chessboard the size of a squash court.

And it's one of the highlights of the Festa dell' Arte weekend, Sept. 15-17, presented by the Down Jersey Folklife Center at WheatonArts.

Teen wins a national chess championship (News & Observer, NC)

It has been quite a week for 18-year-old Nelson Lopez II, North Carolina's two-time state chess champion.

On Friday night, the Youngsville teenager won The Denker, a prestigious tournament that brings together state high school chess champions from around the country. His victory capped an illustrious junior chess career and came just a week before he joins one of the top college chess programs in the country.

"I think experience definitely helps a lot," said Lopez, who competed in The Denker last year. "I've gotten to where I can deal with the pressure."

Chess league targets youth clubs in TPS system (Toledo Free Press, OH)

Two boys, ages 7 and 12, squirm in their wooden chairs. One rocks on his knees, legs crossed beneath him, while the other scrunches his cheeks with loosely formed fists. They fidget, halt, then slide their chess pieces across the board. They play in a bookstore, but they whisper as if in a library.

“Go away,” David whispers to an approaching opponent.

“Never,” Scott retorts.

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