Sentence examples for tournament chess player from inspiring English sources

"He's a tournament chess player," I reminded the sergeant.

Mr. Windom, who was also a tournament chess player, was married five times.

S.R. Sidarth had built an impressive record of achievements for such a young man: straight-A student at one of Fairfax County's finest high schools, a tournament chess player, a quiz team captain, a sportswriter at his college newspaper, a Capitol Hill intern and an active member of the Hindu temple his parents helped establish in Maryland.

In 1986, Faber published The Grass Arena, a stunning memoir of life on the streets by John Healy, a former vagrant, violent criminal and tournament chess player who'd been taught the game in prison: it was a bestseller that became a film.

Still, Belle now plays chess better than all but five per cent of the American tournament chess players, and there is every reason to believe that in the near future it, or some similar program, will beat all of them.

On Saturday he will satisfy two of his great passions - self-promotion and chess - when his republic hosts a tournament to decide the best chess player on earth.

"Chess is a very private game, in a sense, because a lot of people don't want to be in an open setting when they lose," said Maxim Dlugy, a grandmaster and former president of the United States Chess Federation, which rates players and sanctions tournament chess.

In an 1899 newspaper article covering an Ivy League chess tournament, Southard was described as Harvard's chief chess player.

The first modern chess tournament was organized by Howard Staunton, a leading English chess player, and was held in London in 1851.

If the Grand Chess Tour, Millionaire Chess and other similar tournaments can arise and thrive, being a professional chess player might become a better occupation for more than just a fortunate few.

But some of the greatest blitz players are not as accomplished at tournament chess.