A local 15-year-old chess player won the North American Under 20 championship.
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Oklahoma City Philharmonic teams with stage talents for its Broadway’s Best concert
Ryan Silverman and Rachel York will help guide OKC Phil’s look into Broadway’s most popular tunes.
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Local group launches women- and girls-only chess club
“I want to increase the popularity of chess in Oklahoma. I want it to be as popular as basketball,” Veronika Zilajeva said.
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Chess program builds love of game in students
A new school chess program hopes to develop love of the game in a new generation.
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dead again
Computer ChessJust in case there was any doubt that fashions and haircuts of the early 1980s were mighty ugly, the time capsule Computer Chess is a solid reminder. Writer-director Andrew Bujalski, in his use of antiquated cameras and technology that could make a TRS-80 look cutting-edge, evokes the period in gloriously fuzzy black and white. […]
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Brooklyn Castle
The feature debut of director Katie Dellamaggiore, the documentary is now available on demand from FilmBuff. While this institution holds more championship chess titles than any other middle school in the nation (26), the film opens with them experiencing loss — well, second place, at least, among 862 teams. They win so often that not […]