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Photos from Sky Cafe Chess!

jhoffman — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:30:36 +0000

Check out the beautiful photos courtesy of Jeff Smith www.jeffsmithusa.com from our event with the Youth Volunteer Corps of Southern Arizona at Sky Cafe in Tucson.

Photos from MOCA tournament!

jhoffman — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:01:44 +0000

Check out these photos from the 9 Queens and Kings Chess Dia De Los Ninos Chess Tournament at MOCA Tucson. Many thanks to the Downtown Tucson Partnership for sponsoring this year’s tournament. All photos courtesy of Jeff Smith www.jeffsmithusa.com

Chess Fest Photos

jhoffman — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:14:01 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 3rd Annual Chess Fest- our largest chess fest to date. Check out these photos courtesy of Ryan Mihalyi.

Charlotte Girls Academy Pics

Jessica Martin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:03:44 +0000

imani noelle and kiley

This Girls Academy we discussed the U.S. Women’s Champion Anna Zatonskih and analyzed her 3rd round game against superstar Irina Krush. We learned about pins, discovered attacks, good and bad bishops, and practiced good opening strategy (CDC) and mating attacks.

playing with confidence

sometimes it's a rainbow!

Then girls each played a game against some one they have never played before, and I was very impressed with how well they were focussing!

london concentrating

girls academy 11-21 playing

They practiced shielding their eyes from distraction like the Champion Anna. See below for some pics of the girls concentrating on their boards.

an intense match

To see the game, click here:

(Analyzed by Ben Finegold and Chris Bird.)

Concentrating hard

playing 3

Photos from All Queens Chess Day

jhoffman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:46:32 +0000

Check out Jeff Smith’s gorgeous photo collection from All Queens Chess Day on October 18, 2009 at Bookmans on Speedway. You can see more of Jeff’s photos at his website www.jeffsmithusa.com. Many thanks to Jeff for taking these photos and to Bookmans for sponsoring the event!

Library Tournament Photos

jhoffman — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:48:54 +0000

All photos courtesy Jeff Smith www.jeffsmithusa.com

Over 50 chess players participated in our largest 9 Queens Library Tournament at the Joel D. Valdez Public Library on Sunday. Many thanks to everyone at the library for all their help and to Jeff Smith for the photos!