by John Bain | Jul 13, 2022 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives
Hikaru NakamurabyJohn Bain How Does He Do It? Hikaru Nakamura possesses a “…combination of teacherly wisdom, galaxy-brained skills, and uncommon expressiveness.” -Nathan Grayson, a reporter at The Washington Post focusing on live-streaming and... Read more 
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,... Read more 
by John Bain | Mar 16, 2022 | 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... 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 Alexandra Botez’s comments ignite some flames on social media! We had several memorable moments in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Game 6 was a record-breaking marathon–the... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 1, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess
Nigeria’sFerdinand Maumo! by John Bain Ferdinand Maumo was born to play chess! Regarding intelligence (IQ), however, people with cerebral palsy (CP) fall within the normal distribution on a bell-shaped curve with approximately 2.5% falling in the superior/genius... Read more 
