by John Bain | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess
Oliver Boydell10-Year-Old Author! Question: Why care what a 10-year-old thinks about 25 of the most celebrated, classic chess games ever played? Answer: The 10-year-old is a CHESS PRODIGY! Imagine knowing what 10-year-old Bobby Fischer thought about the classic games... Read more 
by John Bain | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess
Facing COVID-19 Challenges Since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City schools suspended teaching and all activities–including the Intermediate School 318 Brooklyn Castle Chess Club. The COVID-19 pandemic sadly impacted some of the... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 30, 2020 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess
Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi An 8-Year-Old Nigerian Refugee to USA! by John Bain While living in a homeless shelter with his mom, dad and brother, seven-year-old “Tani” won the 2019 New York K-3 Chess Championship. He was undefeated at... Read more 
by John Bain | May 4, 2020 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess
3-Year-Old Misha Osipov Mikhail “Misha” Osipov, had never played on such a big a stage before–with a large studio audience on the Russian television program The Best, broadcast on the state-run Channel One. Misha was relaxed. He greeted Karpov warmly, and... Read more 
by John Bain | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Famous Chess Games, Prodigies in Chess, U.S. Women Chess Champions, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Carissa Gave Ju Something to Contemplate Ju at chessboard in background thinking. In mid-February 2020, ten of the top women chess players in the world competed in a Round Robin–playing each other once–in the 2020 Cairns... Read more 
by John Bain | Dec 1, 2019 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess
USA’s Rachael Li Born: January 06, 2010 Rated 2200+ Rachael Li of Texas broke the 2200+ rating barrier at 9 years old to become the youngest ever female USA Chess Master in history. Rachael broke Carissa Yip’s youngest ever Master record set in 2015, when... Read more 
