A Saturday in Lindsborg, Kansas-A Chessic Event

The Chess For Peace event turned out to be a worthwhile venture that I was happy to attend. There were some technical difficultes in the Karpov-Polgar match that caused the audience to miss out on several games unless they could interepet the convulted digital interface with multiple pieces on screen. There were 4-5 white knights at once! I did enjoy the question and answer session though and I had no idea that GM Susan Polgar was only 36. The scholastic tournament turned out to be a blitz affair which was probably a disappointment to some but may have been done because of time constraints. There was a fairly sizeable turnout for the festival and I had a fruitful discussion with a parent who had concerns about the state of his son's school chess club.