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Chess Life Online 2010 March Ruth Haring on Volunteering and her Chess Comeback
Chess Life Online 2010 March Ruth Haring on Volunteering and her Chess Comeback | Ruth Haring on Volunteering and her Chess Comeback |
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| December 6, 2010 | |
Ruth Haring volunteering at a middle school in Falls Church, VA
Next up for Ruth is a December 10th lecture at the Fresno Chess Club, founded by the current USCF Clubs committee chair, Bob Rasmussen. (See the CLO interview with Bob here.) Last year, Ruth attended the Fresno club with her son, Theo Biyiasas, an improving Class A player. Theo challenged the club members to defend against the bishop and knight vs. king endgame. Ruth is also planning to participate in a USCF Board team at the US Amateur Team East coming up next February. The team will consist of Randy Bauer, Bill Hall, Ruth Haring and Gary Walters. Ruth, who used to play for the US Women's Olympic team, said that she still struggles with fitting in opening study with a busy schedule. One thing that has helped her is playing online and realizing that "people aren't that booked up anyway, especially against the lines I play, which are out of fashion." Below is one of her favorite online games from a chess.com FIDE rated players tournament. 5138 Haring was also pleased to play the best combination she's ever played over the board at the recent Western States Open in Reno, Nevada.  Black to Move "I finally started playing games that are nice games. That's nice. It's also fun to see my son getting better." See Ruth Haring's official website and learn more about the USCF Board here. |