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Special
Appearances
Hinsdale
Presentation of "Chess - A Game for the Ages"
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Chess-Now
founder Jim Egerton presented "Chess - A
Game for the Ages" to a group of retired
businessmen at the Community House in Hinsdale,
IL. Shown are some of the audience members gathering
before the presentation gets started.
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The
lively discussion of chess in history, art, famous
players and classic chess sets held the audiences
attention during the presentation. Jim is shown
presenting the material to his receptive audience.
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Audience
members watching the presentation and answering
the Jeopardy questions that tested their knowledge
of the game of chess. They had to answer such
questions as how old is chess, how many people
play and who had a crush on Bobby Fischer in high
school?
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a testimonial on the sidebar of this page. |
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International
Master Andrew Martin from Sandhurst England was
on hand at the Oak Brook Library to challenge
21 players at the same time. Martin a noted chess
author and coach was able to beat 20 of the challengers
losing to one participant. For more information
see the link under Oak Brook on our Enrichment
Programs webpage about the Doings Newspaper covering
the simul. |
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Former
World-Champion Garry Kasparov begins his simultaneous
exhibition against 40 competitors at the All Girls
Championship Tournament in Chicago. The Kasparov
Chess Foundation is sponsoring the "Chess
in the Schools" program for schools that
want to start a chess program.
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For a complimentary set of teaching materials
write to:
Kasparov Chess Foundation
80
Jesse Court
Montville, New Jersey, 07045 or
email at
info@kasparovchessfoundation.org |
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International Grandmaster
John Fedorowicz poses with the three players who
were able to draw with him at the Glen Ellyn Library
Simul. He beat everyone else in Addison, Elmhurst
and Lombard. |
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One
of the students working with US Champion GM Joel
Benjamin at a Chess-Now camp. See the testimonial
about this event at the beginning of this page. |
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The Polgar
Sisters appearing at the National Open in Las
Vegas at the Riviera Hotel. Also pictured
are their parents and the Tournament Organizer
and his wife. |
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Testimonial
from the Hinsdale Presentation of "A Game for the
Ages".
Jim,
Just wanted to thank you so much for taking the time
to come and speak to our Retired Men's Roundtable here
at The Community House. It was a terrific presentation
and a number of the men commented to me how interesting
it was. As you could probably tell, this is a
group of gentlemen who like to stay involved and knowledgeable
about many topics and we appreciate your expertise.
Thanks again. Kate - Hinsdale, IL
I
cannot describe how excited my son was after attending
the chess camp. He couldn't stop talking about all the
different tactics he learned all the way home. As if
I understood anything that he was saying….”
Later
after attending camp and subsequently defeating the
top board player at his school he said …. “Wow, chess
camp must have really helped.”
Jean
K. Glen Ellyn, IL
My
son really enjoyed the camp, he didn't want to go to
bed last night because he was working on chess problems!
Guess three straight days wasn't enough....“
Bob
Y. Glen Ellyn, IL
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