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• Cool article about chess in the Issaquah Schools - reprint from Destination Issaquah
• Here are the final results from the 2007 Cougar Ridge Chess Club Tournament.
• May 19, 2007 Chess4Life Team Tournament results and photo!
• April 21st 2007 WA State Elementary Chess Championship results and photos!
• 2007 Simultaneous chess exhibition photos! Bruce Kovalsky, a National Master, came to play chess against the club. Thanks for coming Bruce! Click here for Bruce's website and info about a group chess class he does on the Issaquah Plateau...
• Feb 19th 2007 King's Men Chess Tournament results
• Explore the 2007 Morelia-Linares Chess Tournament here. Final - Vishy Anand of India won first place with 8.5 pts (he's now the highest rated player in the world), followed by 16 year-old Magnus Carlson of Norway and Alexander Morozevich of Russia who each have 7.5 pts!
• Explore the January 2007 Corus Chess Tournament class A games here. These are some of the best players in the world...
• Did you know that Ben Franklin played chess? Yes, he was very enthusiastic about the game. Read an article published more than 200 years ago about Ben's thoughts on the game: Morals of Chess
• The Immortal Game - a casual game taking less than an hour played in 1851 that has gone through history as a classic. White sacrifices a bishop, two rooks and a queen and yet manages to win the game decisively. You can play back the game here.