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Author Re: Supernationals in Nashville
Rob

2005-04-12, 3:56 am


bleverett@spinnakernet.com wrote:
quote:

> Using Google just now, I found the website for the Nashville
> Tennessean, and then using the search feature of that website, I

found
quote:

> an article dated today (4/11) about the supernationals.
>
> Are there other newspapers in the city? I didn't find any, but I'm

not
quote:

> there, of course. If there are, check 'em out.
>
> I was a volunteer last April at the National Elementary in

Pittsburgh,
quote:

> and I agree with you 100% about the excitement.
>
> Some of the other contributors to this thread don't seem to realize
> just how strong these national scholastics are. That was my biggest
> learning experience last year. Anyone who thinks scholastic chess is
> just "a bunch of 900 players hanging queens to each other" should

check[vbcol=seagreen]
> the crosstables. Nothing short of amazing.
>
> Bruce
>
> Rob wrote:
> children.
> unnoticed
> did

The Tennessean and The City Paper are both in Nashville. The article
was run a day late(nothing in advance of the tournament) was buried in
section four and was three colums. There was no live coverage of the
event. It was only after I placed a call to a friend at the paper that
anyone checked up on it at all.
Rob

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