Edison and Morton teams double up at state chess finals

HAMMOND | The 44th annual Scholastic Team Chess Championships were held at Honey Creek Middle School in Terre Haute recently, where three repeat champions and one new champion were crowned in four grade-level divisions. More than 640 scholastic chess players competed in teams of four (plus a…

Edison, Morton in top 10 of state chess finalists

HAMMOND | A total of 87 chess teams in the sixth grade and under section of the State of Indiana gathered at five different Regionals for an opportunity to be selected as one of the 34 teams to meet at the State Team Finals held in Terre Haute on March 26.

Edison Chess Warriors prevail

HAMMOND | Edison Elementary School qualified four teams for the state finals in the 3rd Grade and Under section at the Indiana State Team Regional Chess tournament held Feb. 23 at Morton High School.

St. Mary chess team sends 11 to state championship

CROWN POINT | St. Mary Catholic Community School’s chess team sent 11 members to the Indiana State Chess Championship which was held two weekends ago in Indianapolis.

St. Mary students are chess champs

CROWN POINT | St. Mary Catholic School's chess team sent 10 members to the Indiana State Chess Championship, which was held last weekend in Indianapolis.

Brady in way on Lewis' last ride

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. | You again!

Chess and the Library – a great combination

CROWN POINT | Are you interested in the game of chess? Come to the library and play! Any level of experience, all ages and beginners are welcome. A new chess group is now playing in the Internet Café on Tuesdays from 4 – 6 p.m. Open play is also available in the game room located on the seco…

Chess teams earn trophies

MUNSTER | Munster High School’s chess team took secon place in the Age 16 and Under division of the Third Intercontinental Scholastic Chess Team Championship in Oakbrook, Ill.

Chess club makes the right moves at central Illinois school

Jonathan Brown, 10, proclaims checkmate while playing Sarah Hicks, 10, during a chess club meeting at the Lutheran School Association in Decatur, Ill.

Chess warriors head to state

HAMMOND | Edison Elementary School's chess teams are headed to the state tournament Saturday after they continued their winning streak by doubling up with first-place finishes in both the Grade 3 and Under and the Grade 6 and Under divisions of the Indiana State Scholastic Chess Team Regiona…

Chess masters head to state

MUNSTER | The Munster Chess Team is preparing for its final competition of the year - the Scholastic Chess of Indiana Team Championships.

Checkmate is their favorite word

HAMMOND | A total of 663 chess players from throughout the state competed recently in five regional tournaments to determine top qualifiers for the state finals.

Chess pulls pieces together for Hammond man

Ed Blanco recently started a chess club, the ACME Pawn Pushers, that meets at the Hammond Library.

Chess pulls pieces together for Hammond man

Ed Blanco recently started a chess club, the ACME Pawn Pushers, that meets at the Hammond Library. Blanco, of Hammond, uses a wheelchair after a suffering a gunshot wound during a robbery in 2006.

Hot moves something to cheer about at T.F. North

And just what are the most common cheers in high school competitions these days anyway? First and 10; do it again? Air-ball? Deee-Fence?

Edison chess players repeat and three-peat

HAMMOND | Edison Elementary School's kindergarten through grade 3 chess team pulled off a three-peat as they finished in first place for the third year in a row at the 15th Annual Hammond Invitational Chess Tournament hosted by Morton High School last month.

Munster competitors take top spots

HAMMOND | Several Munster students participated in the 15th Annual Hammond Chess Invitational Tournament, held Dec. 3 at Morton High School.

Chess is their game

Teams from Munster and Hammond schools fared well at the Indiana State All Grades Chess Tournament, held last month in Fort Wayne. The best scholastic chess players in the state gathered at Canterbury High School to compete in 13 different grade levels, kindergarten through grade 12.

Chesterton Montessori Chess Camp

(Pictured from left to right in clockwise order) Coach Sybil Willoughby, Jimmy Read, Konstantin Bauer, Christopher Israelite, Rhiannon Willoughby, Mason Cooper, Sid Augustyn, Bella Whitlock, and Frank Augustyn.

Montessori sends chess players to state finals

HAMMOND | Seven members of the Montessori Children's Schoolhouse chess team competed March 26 at the Scholastic Team Chess Championships held in Terre Haute, Ind.