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Two Soldiers advance to NATO Chess Championships (Belvoir Eagle, VA)

Two Soldiers earned berths in the NATO Chess Championships by virtue of their top-six finishes in the 2006 Inter-Service Chess Championships June 12 to 15 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.

Reigning All-Army chess champion 2nd Lt. Arthur Macaspac of Fort Hood, Texas, and Lt. Col. David Hater of Fort McPherson, Ga., placed fourth and fifth respectively. They qualified to compete in the 17th annual NATO Chess Championships scheduled Aug. 20 through 26 at Wellington College in Crowthorne, England.

Hater is scheduled to make his eighth appearance in the NATO Championships.

Renowned teacher shares game, life skills with chess campers (Journal Star, NE)

David MacEnulty stands at the front of the class, a pro in blue jeans and a T-shirt working the crowd this Wednesday morning. “How many of you know what the back-rank checkmate is?”

One hand flies up in the air.

“How many of you can tell me what checkmate is?”

DISD Students Still Learning In Summer Chess Class (CBS 11, TX)

Nine-year-old Sydney Wright is having too much fun. She and seven year old Milagros Bria-Massaro are teasing each other from across the lunch table. One makes a move forward. The other counters with her own move. Then, they both giggle with delight.

This is not decorum normally accepted in the serious world of chess playing, but for these girls, and the dozens of other students sitting along with them, showing emotion is just fine…for now.

It’s called “Chess for Life”. Children aged 7-13 are being taught the basics of chess. The program is part of the Dallas Independent School District’s Extended Year Summer session.

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