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Children, adults enjoy chess, learn problem solving skills (The Advocate, Louisiana)

Chess could be just a board game played in the cool confines of the parish library on a hot Saturday morning, but the mental challenges it poses also help players solve problems life throws at them.

That was the message two Baton Rouge chess experts conveyed to more than 30 young people and adults attending the first summer session of the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library's chess program.

Hosted by city chess champions John Musser and Jerry Markley, longtime members of the Baton Rouge Chess Club, the free program for all ages meets at 10 a.m. every other Saturday until Aug. 6, when it wraps up with a tournament.

Chess in the park? Send a check, mate! (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Every journey begins with a single move.

That slogan, which advertised the 1993 movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, rang true for chess enthusiasts who initiated a fund-raising drive yesterday to place permanent chess tables in Lexington parks.

A few dozen adults and children gathered for two hours in Gratz Park for Lexington's first Chess in the Park event sponsored by the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning and the Gratz Park Neighborhood Association. The center, housed in the former main public library building, is located in Gratz Park.

Area no pawn in chess tourney (Flint Journal)

Genesee County - chess powerhouse of the Midwest? Perhaps.

The county has produced four national chess champions at various skill levels in two years.

The latest: In April, Samer Sahoury of Clio High School and Chris Sweatland of Kearsley High School won national championships at their skill levels at championships in Tennessee.

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