Susan Polgar

A Webster University chess coach will today become the youngest woman to be inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.Susan Polgár was the first woman to…

Collegiate chess is a phenomenon that has boomed in just the past couple of decades. Even though there have been important collegiate tournaments around…

While the chess world was focused on the Sinquefield Cup, the Saint Louis Chess Club was already planning its next move. The year's strongest tournament,…

He arrives in the U.S. as a promising recruit from the Philippines, and in two years makes the jump from the top 100 to No. 10 in the world. He becomes an…

There should be excitement for what may come in 2015, as each passing year has proved better than the last. As we say goodbye to 2014, here are a few…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 28, 2013: Beyond the St. Louis Chess Club and the World Chess Hall of Fame in the Central West…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: I teach kids how to play chess.I show up weekly to various elementary schools around St. Louis, with…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: University of Illinois as the fierce underdog to Webster University's likely championship, blue polo…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 5, 2013 - University of Illinois as the fierce underdog to Webster University's likely…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 2, 2012 - The 2012 Susan Polgar Girls' Invitational took place last week at Webster University,…