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 
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... Read more 
by John Bain | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Chess in the News!, Women Chess Players
Iulija Osmak Ukrainian Women’s Chess Champion by John Bain One day in March 2021 on a Thursday, the Ukrainian Women’s Chess Champion, Iulija Osmak, became a World Chess Champion. Iulija Osmak won the online 2021 University Women’s World Chess... Read more 
by John Bain | May 21, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Prodigies in Chess
Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi A 10-Year-Old Nigerian Refugee to USA! by John Bain Tani is the USA’s newest and for now youngest living* USA National Master, at the age of 10!Tani, a 5th grader at PS 116 in New York City, earned the title on Saturday May 1,... Read more 
