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 | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, World Chess Championship 2021
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 | Aug 1, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess
Nigeria’sFerdinand Maumo! by John Bain Cerebral palsy (CP) affects a person’s mobility, coordination, agility, balance and posture. Regarding intelligence (IQ), however, people with CP fall within the normal distribution on a bell-shaped curve with... Read more 
by John Bain | Jul 5, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Women Chess Players
Gisela Kahn Gresser 9 TimesUSA Women’s Chess Champion! by John Bain Gisela Kahn Gresser won the title nine times between 1944 and 1969. Gisela Kahn Gresser was born February 8, 1906 in Detroit, Michigan and died December 4, 2000. Gresser studied the classics... Read more 
