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 
by John Bain | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess
by John Bain The Youngest International Masterin theHistory of Chess! Abhimanyu “Abhi” Mishra learned chess at 2.5 years old, and became the youngest USA Expert in history with a USA rating of 2000+ at 7.5 years old. A younger Abhi with his mother. Abhi... Read more 
