Archive for November 24th, 2007

Saturday Random Surfing

I was surfing randomly when I found this blog post by a Malaysian 16 year old girl.

I Like Chess…
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Besides it being a game of strategy, the game teaches you how to part with pieces. I’m not a fantastic player (heck, even I lose to my youngest sister!) but I still love the [...]

Chess, Fastest Growing Sport in Australia

Spotted by Susan Polgar first.

The national school chess competition has grown exponentially over the past five years, by 40 to 50 per cent every year, with some competitors as young as five. Other schools are taking chess out of the lunch hour and integrating it into their maths classes for the strategic thinking and problem-solving [...]