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Chess COUNCIL, Idaho — The elementary school at the edge of this rural town has a playground that boasts little more than a swing set. That's no problem — the hot new game is inside. Chess, once used as a way to teach war strategy, is now being taught ... Check mate! Idaho tries chess to boost math, reading skills - USA Today Alexandra Kosteniuk can no longer be called the Anna Kournikova of chess. For years, Kournikova, the tennis player, was more noted for her looks than her accomplishments on the court. Like Kournikova, the 24-year-old Kosteniuk, a Russian grandmaster ... Dylan Loeb McClain: Chess - International Herald Tribune Alexandra Kosteniuk, 23, has worked as a catwalk and swimsuit model to raise the profile of the game. She also sells sultry semi-clad photographs of herself, and has made a 36-minute video which shows her "doing exercises on Miami beach". The ... Glamorous Russian swimsuit model wins Women's World Chess Championship - Daily Telegraph England's Michael Adams and Nigel Short shared second prize behind Holland's Jan Werle at this week's European Union championship in Liverpool, but they reached it by very different routes. Top seeded Adams, ranked in the world top dozen, went ... Chess: Leonard Barden on chess - Guardian Unlimited NEW PORT RICHEY — Looks like the Richey Suncoast Theatre's production of Chess had all the right moves. The musical showdown of chess champions set near the end of the Cold War led the pack in Tommy Awards, the theater's version of Broadway's Tony ... |
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