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Trixter is an American glam metal band formed in 1983 in Paramus, New Jersey. The band gained popularity in the early 1990s with hits like "Give It To Me Good" that peaked at sixty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990 [ 5 ] and "One In A Million".
Open House Chicago logo. Open House Chicago (OHC) is a free weekend festival held annually in Chicago that allows participants to visit dozens of buildings that are not typically open to the public. OHC is organized by the Chicago Architecture Foundation over a two-day period each year in mid-October. The event promotes appreciation of ...
The Chess Pavilion was opened in 1957. That year, it received a citation of merit from the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. It has been delighting people ever since. Blair Kamin, architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, wrote the Pavilion is "at once a sculptural object, an orienting device and a lively people place ...
After the 1972 World Chess Championship, Fischer did not play a competitive game in public for nearly 20 years. [377] In 1977 he published three games he played against the MIT Greenblatt computer program, winning them all. [378] [379] He moved to the Los Angeles area and associated with the Worldwide Church of God for a time. [380]
The gambit is accordingly considered unsound, and is almost never seen in high-level play. It is often referred to as the Chicago Gambit, [ 2 ] perhaps because Harold Meyer Phillips , remarkably, used it in an 1899 game in a simultaneous exhibition in Chicago to beat Harry Nelson Pillsbury , one of the strongest players in the world at the time.
The play's Gen-Z stars also attracted the youngest ticket buying audience in recorded Broadway history with 14% of purchasers aged 18 to 24, compared to the current industry average of 3%.
This tournament later became known as the U.S. Open Chess Championship. During this era, it was an elite round-robin format event. His major results from this period: 16th Western Open, Excelsior, Minnesota 1915–8.5/10, second place, winner Jackson Showalter; 17th Western Open, Chicago 1916–13.5/19, tied 4-5th, winner Edward Lasker. [11]
A return visit to the World Open saw him finish a half-point behind the leaders. In 2001, he was a joint winner of the Chicago Open with Alexander Goldin. For several years, Hodgson played league chess in both the German Bundesliga and British 4NCL. Since 2003, he has not played competitive chess, [4] instead teaching chess in schools. [5]