Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The perfect name for chess

"Central Catholic school is famous for chess," said Bishop Edmond Carmody.
From "Game of royalty popular with area kids" at the Corpus Christi (TX) Caller Times (bold italics are mine).

Friday, December 24, 2004

When the kids are more mature than the parents

What is it about grade-school chess articles that bring out the worst in some people? Chess [news] stories ... bring out of the apparent woodwork upset readers from what some have called “the cutthroat world” of K-12 chess.

....I anticipated some negative feedback, and got it, but didn't expect to hear things along the lines of: "My child is better than that child" or "Why wasn't my child listed in the story?" and "So-and-so did well because they had a handicap."
Read "Chess stories bring out competitive emotions" from The Brownsville Herald.