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National Master Evan Rabin’s College Essay about Winning the U.S Chess Championship Team East

By National Master Evan Rabin This was my college essay that I wrote back in 2007, which helped me get accepted to Brandeis University:  When I see myself on the May 2007 cover of Chess Life magazine, I feel a sense of stunning accomplishment. After thousands of matches and countless hours of practice, my tenacity …

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Short Losses by World Champions, Part 5

By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club This week we finish up with World Chess Champions Gary Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. Deep Blue (computer) – Kasparov, Gary, 1:0, 1997 Caro-Kann Defense   Perhaps it is unfair to include this game in this series since Kasparov’s opponent was a computer.  But make …

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The Queen’s Gambit – Another Possible Inspiration

By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club As noted in a recent post, Diana Lanni has been suggested (by herself, among others) as a possible inspiration for Walter Tevis in writing The Queen’s Gambit. Another teenage girl Baraka Shabazz, who was playing a strong game of chess around the same time, may have also been …

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Diana Lanni-Was She Inspiration for Beth Harmon?

By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club There has been a lot of talk recently about the possibility that Diana Lanni was Walter Tevis‘ inspiration for Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit This is what is known: Lanni and Tevis were both playing chess in the same circles in New York City in the …

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Evan Rabin Introduces The First All-Ivy League Chess Invitational

By Marty Katz, Founder of Connectors 360  Evan Rabin, is a passionate exponent of chess and the Founder of Premier Chess, an organization that teaches chess to families and employees. He was looking to demonstrate the fun of playing the game. He was convinced that chess is a great way for people to use their …

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