Welcome to the Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess Seven-time World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov established his first U.S. school in Lindsborg, Kansas. Anatoly Karpov has numerous chess schools throughout the world. World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in Lindsborg    Welcome to the Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess.  Chess is not only a game, but a proven learning tool to help students with problem solving, which in turn leads to improved math and reading scores.  The International Chess Institute of the Midwest (ICIM), that operates the famous school, promotes chess in education, both in the public and private sectors.   ICIM is organized exclusively for educational purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. Courtesy Small World Gallery - Lindsborg, Kansas Anatoly Karpov Welcomes You to the Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess Anatoly Karpov welcomes you to the Karpov Chess School and explains the benefits of learning chess. Karpov Welcomes You to Chess Third Presidential Awards Reception - May 16, 2009 Scholarship and Medalist Winners - Back Row: Kyle Burris, Nathan Bray, State Representative Clark Shultz, Nathan Stewart, Michael Christian: Front Row: Alex Shultz, Nick Reinert, Nicholas Bray, Ryan Grant, Robert Osborne, Rachel Hasch and Emily Hasch Awards Reception Awards Reception Awards Reception Awards Reception Awards Reception Awards Reception Awards Recepton May Quads - 2009 Tom Phillips - Winner Section 1 Kyle Burris - Winner Section 2 Spring Quads 2009 Bryan Jiang is the overall spring quad champion with a total of 9.5 out of a possible 12 points Director Brownscombe & Top March Quad Winner Peter Rupprecht Terry Wright - Top Quad Winner - 4/18/09 Kansas Girls' Championship - Polgar Qualifier - April 18, 2009 Director Brownscombe Congratulates Hannah Purdy, Kansas State Girl's Champion LtoR: Rachel Hasch 3rd, Hannah Purdy 1st, Namana Rao 2nd Movie Company Shoots Film at Karpov Chess School The movie AuPair Kansas features scenes shot in the Karpov Chess School. The comedy drama, that includes a chess component, is about a recently widowed woman who hires a Norwegian soccer player to come to a small town in Kansas to be a male au pair and to help raise her two sons. The movie stars the Norwegian comedy actor Havard Lilleheie and Spencer Daniels who recently played a young Brad Pitt in the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which opens Christmas Day. Spencer also is cast in the upcoming new Star Trek movie. The movie is scheduled for release in the spring of 2009. CLICK IMAGE - LINK TO AU PAIR CLICK IMAGE - ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Ninth Annual Lindsborg Open - December 20, 2008 Chess School Director Tom Brownscombe Congratulates Winner Nathanial Fast - CLICK IMAGE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS Join GM Var Akobian at the 2008 U.S. Junior Open GM Akobian at U.S. Junior Open - CLICK IMAGE to Link to U.S. Junior Open 2008 U.S. Jr. Championships Online Tyler B. Hughes Wins 2008 U.S. Jr. Closed Championship Conrad Holt Wins 2008 Cadet Championship 2008 U.S. Junior Cadet & Closed Championships Click the Image on Your Left for Photos and Up to Date Information 2008 Karpov Chess Camp - July 13-18 CLICK IMAGE to Link to Session I Chess Camp, July 13-18, 2008 2008 Karpov Chess Camp - July 20 - 25 Chess Camp 2008 - Session II - CLICK IMAGE to Link to Photo Page My Best Games by Anatoly Karpov    Anatoly Karpov's long awaited book, My Best Games shares an inside look into the genius of chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov.  In this book, scheduled for release in July 2008, 7-time World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov shares what he considers to be his 100 most impressive matches.  Each game features detailed diagrams, explanations of Karpov's well-crafted moves and descriptions of the tournament and opponent.    Full of practical instruction as well as insight into Karpov's creative genius, My Best Games is a facinating study that no chess player can afford to miss.    Available at bookstores everywhere and through Trafalgar Square Publishing from Independent Publishers Group, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 0610.  Toll-free number for orders only: 1-800-888-4741.  Visit us online at www.ipgbook.com FIDE Master Tom Browncombe President Marck R. Cobb and School Director, FM Tom Brownscombe Tom Brownscombe is the Executive Director of the Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess at Lindsborg. Brownscombe, who moved to Lindsborg in 2007 from Las Vegas, is a chess master with World Chess Federation (FIDE) credentials. Brownscombe headed up the U.S. Chess Federation’s Scholastic Programs from 2000 to 2003, and it was during this time that he led the gold medal winning U.S. delegation to the 2001 Pan-Am Youth Chess Championship. Brownscombe, who grew up in Maryland, first gained notice when he won the Maryland High School Chess Championship in 1985. He continued to play tournament chess and in 1988 he earned his National Master title. He became two-time Nevada State Chess Champion in 1992 and 1993. He became the Kansas State Champion in 2007. The World Chess Federation (FIDE) awarded him the title of FIDE Master 1993. Brownscombe has spent much of his life teaching school and chess. He earned his BS in mathematics from the University of Maryland in 1988, followed with a degree in secondary education in 1989. After graduation, he taught math in the Prince George's County, MD public school system. The Karpov Chess School has been expanding its teaching base to include students from throughout Kansas. Brownscombe also teaches chess on-line through USD 400. (See our Online Chess page.) Why chess? Numerous studies have shown that students who participate in chess attain higher reading and math scores than those in the control group. Researchers believe students in the chess group developed logical thinking habits and discipline that carried over into their other schoolwork. Chess also instantly rewards those students who think through a problem at the chessboard – and conversely it instantly punishes those students who engage in lazy thinking. ###