A little late but due to the holiday I was forced away from the computer to spend some quality time with the family. Nonetheless, I’ve been seeing the chess happenings around the globe via smartphone (ssssh…don’t tell my wife) so better late than never, right?

Let’s start it off:

• Area students compete in chess tournament

It was an exciting morning on Nov. 15 at the Fremont Middle School. On one side of the room, play was moving fast and furious, while on the other side, play was tense and deliberate.

• RP chess squad doomed from the start

Our team to the Dresden Chess Olympiad was doomed even before it left. Its composition—from a faulty national qualifying system—and board assignments were pitiful.

• U.S. teams trail at Olympiad

Six teams, including defending champion Armenia and heavy favorite Russia, shared the lead after five rounds of the Chess Olympiad in Bonn, Germany. Each had four match wins and a tie. The U.S. team, ranked 10th in the field of 146 teams, defeated three lesser teams but tied 27th-ranked Greece and lost, 1-3, to fourth-seeded Azerbaijan

• Felton wins chess tourney at FSC

Bruce Felton, currently the highest nationally rated chess player in Fitchburg, won the Dr. Dieter H. Keller Memorial Tournament at Fitchburg State College

• U.S. Men’s and Women’s Chess Teams Take Bronze Medals in Germany

At the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden, Germany (November 12-25), the U.S. Women’s and Men’s teams both earned bronze medals, the first time ever that American women’s and men’s teams scored medals in the same Olympiad

• NCAA chess wars

Champion: College of St. Benilde (CSB)

• Chess goes ballet

Ninette de Valois’ “Checkmate,” which will be performed as a dramatic life-size chess match where the pieces come to life…

Keep an eye out – More Next Week! If you have any news feel free to contact us.