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Chess Life Magazine - June 2009 Issue

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An astronaut and two world champions (one a certain Russian presidential candidate) came to Nashville—among other chess stars—to help make the SuperNationals IV an electrifying success for over 5,200 scholastic chess players. This article, and much more, can be found in this issue of Chess Life.

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