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Tense matchups feature speedy play, rock-star swagger (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)

A pawn, then another. A knight, then another.

Emil Sutovsky watched from behind thick-rimmed glasses as his baby-faced opponent seized piece after piece, tapping the digital timer next to the chessboard after each move. A crowd clustered close behind a rope line, breaking into whispers of hushed amazement. Something strange was happening.

This was Sutovsky -- the pale, pear-shaped phenom from Israel's national chess team who just a few years ago became the first Israeli to win the European Individual Championship. Sutovsky -- who an hour earlier swaggered through the lobby of the Rishon Letzion Performing Arts Center, glad-handing a crowd of young male groupies like a star shortstop at spring training. Sutovsky -- the grandmaster.

Chess club brings new people to an ancient game (Northern Iowan, IA)

If the game of chess is your thing, then the newly formed University of Northern Iowa Chess Club is probably for you.

Bryant Eike came to UNI as an avid chess player looking to join a chess club. However, there wasn’t one available until he came along.

“I took it upon myself to start it,” said Eike. “I figured every college had a chess club.”

Resident Inducted Into NY State Chess Hall Of Fame (Garden City News, NY)

Margarita Lanides, founder and director of the Long Island Chess Nuts, a non-profit organization whose goal is to help children improve through chess, has been voted the 2006 New York State Chess Association Hall of Fame inductee. The New York State Chess Association, in existence for over 100 years, is the oldest chess organization in the U.S. It honors one individual each year who has made an important contribution to chess.

The award was presented by Phyllis Benjamin, representing the New York State Chess Association, and Henry Holly, representing Senator Kemp Hannon.

Mrs. Phyllis Benjamin stated, "I presented [Margarita Lanides] with a beautiful plaque inscribed with our appreciation for her tireless efforts on behalf of the New York State chess community. Margarita accepted the plaque during the standing room only awards ceremony held for the [2006] NYS Game 45 Championship and the L. I. Scholastics at Adelphi University in Garden City. Lanides became the first woman inducted into the New York State Chess Association Hall of Fame.

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