by John Bain | May 12, 2022 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Records in Chess!
Yuri Averbakh 1922 – 2022 by John Bain A Role Model February 8, 1922 – May 7, 2022 Yuri Averbakh passed away on May 7, 2022, three months after celebrating his 100th birthday on February 8, 2022. In 1925 in Moscow, 3-year-old Yuri and his family... Read more 
by John Bain | May 10, 2022 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Women Chess Players
Isabelle Choko by by John Bain Isabelle Choko survived Auschwitz–the Nazi extermination camp, became a successful chess player and eventually won the French Women’s Chess Championship.Isabelle was born in Lodz, Poland on September 18, 1928, as Izabela... Read more 
by John Bain | Mar 16, 2022 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Records in Chess!
Yuri Averbakh by by John Bain A Role Model Yuri Averbakh is the world’s oldest living chess Grandmaster–also, the first and only Grandmaster ever to reach 100 years old!Yuri was born on February 8, 1922 in Kaluga, Russia. In His Prime Averbakh at the match... Read more 
by John Bain | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022 Women Candidates, Blog
The Candidates by John Bain Only one lady–Aleksandra Goryachkina (2610), Humpy Koneru (2586), Kateryna Lagno (2550), Mariya Muzychuk (2539), Lei Tingjie (2535), Anna Muzychuk (2531), Tan Zhongyi (2525) or Alexandra Kosteniuk (2516)–will challenge Ju... Read more 
by John Bain | Jan 19, 2022 | 2021 World Chess Championship, Blog, Chess Improves Lives
John and LaVaunat2021 World Chess ChampionshipGames 6, 7 and 8 by John Bain We had several memorable moments in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Game 6 was a record-breaking marathon–the longest chess game ever played in a championship match.Game 6 was 136... Read more 
by John Bain | Oct 31, 2021 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess, U.S. Women Chess Champions, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Carissa beats 4 former champions on way to title! Shortly after her 18th birthday, Carissa made history by becoming the first woman ever to defeat four former champions in a USA Women’s Chess Championship on her way to the title. The four former USA Women... Read more 
