“Leap Into! Literacy” was held Feb. 10 at the Oberlin Public Library for children and their parents to participate in reading and movement activities. Laura Slocum, who owns KidSpeak, a speech language pathology clinic in Oberlin, said she started putting on this activity several years ago along with dance instructor Gwen Feldman, who has since […]
Few individuals have had as great an influence on American chess as IM Jeremy Silman, who died on September 21 in Los Angeles, California. The cause was complications from primary progressive aphasia frontotemporal dementia.
Jeremy Silman (1954-2023) got hooked on chess after the Bobby Fischer boom, discovered his writing talent, and went on to get paid handsomely for chess lessons. Last Thursday, the Californian bestselling author died after a long illness. Stefan Löffler sent us an obituary. | Photos: JeremySilman.com
Writing in a conversational and colloquial style, he offered practical advice on how to cut down on mistakes, the most difficult part of the game to master.