2012 Scholar-Chessplayer Award Recipient “Can you talk?” Yes, maybe, not really. I responded with a nod. My elementary school classmates knew me as “that girl who doesn’t talk,” while teachers labeled me as “the kid with...

2012 Scholar-Chessplayer Award Recipient As Benjamin Franklin once stated, “Life is a kind of chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill times.” Franklin, one of many prominent historical figures with an interest in...

2012 Scholar-Chessplayer Award Recipient Chess has certainly been an integral part of my life; however, the game itself is only a small portion of the overall experience. Garry Kasparov once said that “I find it hard to ...

2012 Scholar-Chessplayer Award Recipient I can say without hesitation that chess has made a positive impact on my life in two ways. The first is something I am sure that many players can relate to, but I firmly believe t...

2012 Scholar-Chessplayer Award Recipient The Secret Life of a Teenage Chess Player by Alexandra Wiener Flipping through the pages of my seventh grade yearbook, I come across the picture of a girl who resembles me, but no...