Building Intentional Community in the Post-Covid/Democracy Threatened World. Musings about Alternative Realities Including Chess, International Law, Film, Literature and Art.
St, Johnsbury Academy Returns to the Scholastic Chess Wars Misha Cherkov, Mariia Korol and Russell Desjardins A welcome return to competition. Despite a Thanksgiving Sunday snowstorm that made travel treacherous at times, Tom Viles got his chess team to Stowe where three Academy students finished in the top ten of the high school section of this four round G-30d5 event. Of the eighteen students in this section Misha Chirkov and Mariia Korol finished in a five way tie for 4th place. Russell Desjardins was a mere half point behind them in tenth place. I'm told that the Academy placed second as a team to S. Burlington. More information to follow...
Grandmaster Hans Niemann Points to Structural Problems Plaguing US Chess Have Years of Billionaire Rex Sinquefield's Money Helped or Hindered US Chess Development? Hans Niemann notes the lack of systemic support for the development of a sustained level of talent development in US Chess. The "mercenary" approach Niemann refers to is likely a reference to Sinquefield's paying huge chess federation transfer fees and stipend support for top US grandmasters such as Fabio Caruana and Levon Aronian and others. More on Niemann's criticism can be found here: Niemann Article
Vermont Scholastic Championship Vermont State Scholastic Championship Results: The 39th Annual John Balch Memorial Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championships were held on Saturday, March 29th at the Lemoille Union High School in Hyde Park. Two scholastic players we know from Lyndonville Cobleigh Library Chess were there. St. Johnsbury Academy's Misha Cherkov won two games finishing tied with others in 5th place in the 9th-12th Grade Section. Riverside School 6th Grader, and new Cobleigh chess player, Devin Albritton won three of her games finishing tied for fourth place in the Sixth Grade section. Congratulations to both of them!! Full results can be found here: https://vermontchess.org/events/39th-annual-state-scholastic-chess-championships/
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