The 2008 Bluegrass State Games Chess Tournament will be held in Louisville on July, 19th. Click here for more information. If you are interested in carpooling up there - please click here to send an email to Frank to check for interest. Our chess club is an affiliate of the U.S. Chess Federation Click here for a small tribute to the late Mr. Bobby Fischer 1943 - 2008 Click here for a good chess tip: The hidden pin JROBI CHESS - Check it out! Click on chess news below.... The Indian Defense by Vishy Anand (in Time Magazine) Rooks rule (with video) Chess sharpens the minds of young and old Chess can help build academics Chess in Bloomington, IL New U.S. Chess Champion Kaidanov wins tournament - click here for this news Idaho Becomes the First to Offer a Statewide Chess Curriculum Youngest National Master is U.S. history - 9 year old Nicholas Nip 'Da Vinci link' to chess drawings Chess in Kentucky (The Courier Journal) Universal to make movie on Fischer's triumph Teenager Magnus Carlsen ties for 1st place in strong Corus Tournament Gata Kamsky of the USA wins the World Cup - click here for details. New York Times Obituary - Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer is dead at at 64. 1/18/08 Some Happenings in the Chess World Tiny Tim's Chess Moves Lexmark sponsors Twenty Seconds Chess Nine-year-old chess phenom chosen for 2008 All-American Team Click here for news archives click Results of 2007 Summer Bluegrass State Games Club members' games from the BGSGs - Click on this link here

The club is meeting in one of our meeting rooms in the COLLEGE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER on Wheeler Ave. the 1ST MONDAY and 3RD THURSDAY of each month at 6 pm until 10 pm (you may leave whenever you like). There will be friendly chess matches, instruction, discussions, socializing, and a few tournaments thrown in. If this sounds like something that might interest you, call Jim Snapp at the Parks Department at 744-9554 or Send Email (hisrook@bellsouth.net)

Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb