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Chess In Utah
Chess in Utah refers to competitive chess played within the state of Utah. As of January 2025, Utah has 646 active players registered with the United States Chess Federation. The current USCF Utah state affiliate is the Utah Chess Association. History In December 2004, Varuzhan Akobian was invited to play and teach chess to schoolchildren at the McGillis School in Salt Lake City. The Mountain West Chess Association paid for his visit. Gregory Kaidanov was also invited to the same school the following month. In 2005, Brigham Young University alumni Erik Allebest and Jay Severson launched Chess.com in the hopes that it would become the largest chess platform on the internet. In 2009, 10 year-old Kayden Troff won the Utah Blitz Championship. He was the youngest player in Utah's Game/60 Chess Championship that year. In March, Troff had a 2125 USCF rapid rating, the highest of every active Utah chess player at the time. Troff was expected to reach the highest rapid chess rating for k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as White and Black in chess, "White" and "Black", each control sixteen Chess piece, pieces: one king (chess), king, one queen (chess), queen, two rook (chess), rooks, two bishop (chess), bishops, two knight (chess), knights, and eight pawn (chess), pawns, with each type of piece having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw (chess), draw. The recorded history of chess goes back to at least the emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancesto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron County School District
Iron County School District is a school district in Cedar City, Utah. The first school in Iron County was dedicated on December 23, 1851, in Parowan, Utah. In 1853, school was also held in Cedar City at the Old Fort. In 1856, the first school in Cedar city was built. Today, Iron County School District has eight secondary schools, nine elementary schools, and two preschools. It has a total enrollment of approximately 8,900 students. Schools * High schools: ** Canyon View High School, Cedar Citybr>website** Cedar High School, Cedar Citybr>website** Parowan High School, Parowanbr>website** Southwest Education Academwebsite** Launch High Schoowebsite* Middle schools: ** Canyon View Middle School, Cedar Citybr>website** Cedar Middle School, Cedar Citybr>website* Elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess In Nebraska
Chess in Nebraska refers to competitive chess played within the state of Nebraska. , Nebraska has 245 active players registered with the United States Chess Federation. The current USCF Nebraska state affiliate is the Nebraska State Chess Association. History In March 1909, the Nebraska State Journal published a game claimed to have been between José Raúl Capablanca and another player named F. D. Cornell. Throughout the 1960s and 70's, Nebraska was a hotspot for chess tournaments in the United States. The top chess players from across the nation would travel to the state to compete, including eventual world champion Bobby Fischer. In 1969 and 1975, the U.S. Open Chess Championship was hosted in Lincoln. Some Nebraskans who began playing around this time would go on to compete globally. In 1996, the Nebraska Chess Hall of Fame was established. In order for someone to be inducted, they needed to have lived in the state at some point. As of May 2024, 19 people have been indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess In Wyoming
Chess in Wyoming refers to competitive chess played within the state of Wyoming. As of January 2025, Wyoming only has 84 active players registered with the United States Chess Federation, one of the lowest player counts in the United States. The current USCF Wyoming state affiliate is the Wyoming Chess Association. History The first recorded Wyoming state chess championship took place in 1949. It continued to be held annually except in 1960, and then in 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdowns. Originally part of a greater Wyoming Open tournament, the state championship eventually split off into being its own closed tournament. In the 20th century, ranchers would watch for trains to try initiating games against traveling chess players such as Samuel Reshevsky. New Orleans chess player Jude Acers spent some time in Jackson, Wyoming, Jackson, where he played against anyone willing to challenge him. Due to a lack of chess tournaments in the state, Wyoming residents would often travel to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Ivanov (chess Player)
Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov (January 8, 1947 – November 17, 2005) was a Russian-born chess grandmaster who defected from the Soviet Union to Canada in 1980. A four-time winner of the Canadian chess championship, he represented Canada at an interzonal tournament for the world chess championship and was a Canadian team member at two Chess Olympiads. He also was a nine-time US Grand Prix chess champion. Early life Born in 1947 in Leningrad, Ivanov learned chess at age five. He studied music intensively as a youth, specializing in piano and cello, and was very talented. He was orphaned at age 14 when his mother died; she had wanted him to become a concert performer. He essentially gave up this path (although he remained an accomplished pianist) to concentrate on chess. Ivanov studied mathematics at Leningrad State University, but left before completing his degree. He was a member of the Army Sports Club, for which he trained chess players, and also played extensively. For several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayden William Troff
Kayden William Troff (born May 6, 1998) is an American chess grandmaster. He was World U14 Chess Champion in 2012. Personal life Troff grew up in West Jordan, Utah, with his parents Kim and Daniel, sister Brynndi, and brothers Jeremy and Zachary Troff. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and served a mission in Australia. Early years He first demonstrated chess ability at the age of three, having learned to play by watching his father. When Troff turned six, he spent a week training with Grandmaster Igor Ivanov. He has also been trained by Melikset Khachiyan and Alexander Chernin. Troff first won a Utah State Elementary Championship at the age of six and won first place in his section in the Utah State Elementary Championship each year after. In December 2007, he was named to the United States Chess Federation's 2008 All-America Chess Team; and at age 10, he was named in the 2010 All-America Chess Team, an honor described as "one of the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Root
Alexey Wilhelmina Root (née Rudolph, born 1965) is an American chess player, teacher, and writer, who was the 1989 U.S. Women's Chess Champion. She holds the title of Woman International Master, and received a Ph.D. degree from UCLA. Root is Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, and has written seven books on the relationship between chess and education. She is also Research Awards Coordinator at Chessable Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. One of the largest chess platforms in the world, the site operates on a freemium model in which some features are available for free, and others are available via subscription ... and writes foSparkChess.com Bibliography * * * * * * * References ;Sources * External linksDr. Root's blog 1965 births Living people American chess players American female chess players Chess Woman International Masters American sportswomen 21st-century American w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatriz Marinello
Beatriz Mansilla Marinello (born May 14, 1964) is a Chilean-American chess player and chess official. She was a vice president of FIDE from 2010 to 2018. Marinello was previously president of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) from 2003 to 2005 and a member of the executive board from 2003 to 2007. She was elected general secretary of the Association of Chess Professionals in 2019. Marinello started playing chess at the age of 13 and became national women's champion of Chile when she was 16 years old. In 1980, she was awarded the title Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE. She organized her first national championship in Chile at the age of 20 years, and later organized other international competitions. Marinello arrived in the United States from Chile in 1990, and became a chess teacher in Miami. She represented the US in two Women's Interzonal Tournaments: in 1991 in Subotica and in 1993 in Jakarta. She also represented the United States in the 1994 Women's Chess Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjelina Belakovskaia
Anjelina Mikhailovna Belakovskaia (born May 17, 1969) is an American chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time U.S. women's champion, with victories in 1995, 1996, and 1999. Biography Belakovskaia grew up in Odesa, Ukraine, and is a graduate of the Odesa Agricultural University. She came to the United States to play competitive chess. She recalls flying from Moscow to New York City and arriving with little money and knowing only a few English words. Belakovskaia's first job in the United States was slicing watermelons and winning money from the chess hustlers at Washington Square Park. She won $35 the first day, and soon the hustlers would no longer play her because they had lost too much money. Belakovskaia had a brief cameo in the movie ''Searching for Bobby Fischer'' in 1993. Belakovskaia became a naturalized U.S. citizen on November 24, 1999. Later that year, she began graduate work at New York University, and in 2001 earned a Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray, Utah
Murray () is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, the city had a population of 50,637 as of the 2020 United States Census. Murray shares borders with Taylorsville, Holladay, South Salt Lake, Millcreek and West Jordan, Utah. Once teeming with heavy industry, Murray's industry mix has now shifted significantly toward healthcare, retail, and professional, scientific, and technical services. Known for its central location in Salt Lake County, Murray has been called the ''Hub of Salt Lake County''. Unlike most of its neighboring communities, Murray operates its own police, fire, power, water, library, and parks and recreation departments and has its own school district.Murray City Office of Community and Economic Development. Murray City General Plan. June 2003 While maintaining many of its own services, Murray has one of the lowest city tax rates in the state. Thousands of peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, and Nevada to the west. In comparison to all the U.S. states and territories, Utah, with a population of just over three million, is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 13th largest by area, the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 30th most populous, and the List of U.S. states by population density, 11th least densely populated. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two regions: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which includes the state capital, Salt Lake City, and is home to roughly two-thirds of the population; and Washington County, Utah, Washington County in the southwest, which has approximately 180,000 residents. Most of the western half of Utah lies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
