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ALL PHOTOS BY KWABENA SHABU
INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER MAURICE ASHLEY GIVES A SIMUL AT THE ELEMENTARY NATIONALS
IN DALLAS, TX. MANY OF DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB KIDS WERE PRESENT FOR THE EVENT.
ALL PHOTOS BY KWABENA SHABU BRANDY COPELAND FOCUSES ON HER GAME DURING A GAME OF BLITZ IN DALLAS, TX AT THE ELEMENTARY CHESS NATIONALS.
Diamond
went 6-0 in the Columbus City Schools Elementary District Championships K-5th grade. She is the defending champion for 2009, 2010 & 2011. She is a very humble champion.
Detroit City Chess Club congratulates Diamond Shakoor and we look forward
to seeing you in Ohio next month. Diamond poses with her proud father.
Diamond shows her winning
pose.
ALL PHOTOS BY KWABENA SHABU
LAUREN BRADFORD AND NIAYAH STINSON DOING
BATTLE AT THE STATE CLUB CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN.
SHERMAN REDDEN JR., JA'MONTE
ADAMS AND KAYEEN KEMP.
SHERMAN REDDEN JR. AND GUWOIN
INGRAM
CARLA
GIBSON
JOSHUA
MATTHEWS
BRAYA HICKS
ALEXIS
CLEMENTS
BRYCE
SMITH AND LAUREN BRADFORD
CHRISTIAN YANISH AND DARIAN WILLIAMS
AHLON
MITCHELL
DEVAUGHN
CROXTON
CARLA GIBSON
SERENITY HARPER
COACH GLENN SMITH
GIVES FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS BOYS BEFORE GOING OUT TO DO BATTLE.
DONALD DAMERON
DARIAN WILLIAMS
DETROIT CITY CHESS
CLUB WANTS TO KNOW "DOES HE HAVE THE CHESS FEVER OR WHAT"?
GETTING THEM READY
CHESS AT THE PARK
IN ATLANTA, GA
JOSEPH DOWNS OF
CORNERSTONE NEVADA
COACH DAVE CARTEN HAVING FUN BETWEEN
ROUNDS.
MAURICE JENKINS
OF SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS IN COLUMBUS, OH
AYANNA TAYLOR OF CASS
TECH
COACH BARNETT OF CASS TECH GOING OVER GAMES
WITH HIS STUDENTS.
WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY ALL-GIRLS
TEAM ACCEPTS THE 2ND PLACE TROPHY AT THE ALL-GIRLS NATIONAL IN COLUMBUS,OH. FIRST PLACE WENT TO POWERHOUSE RIVAL NEW YORK
PS318,
9TH GRADER ROCHELLE BALLANTYNE
OF BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ACCEPTS A FULL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS FOR PLACING FIRST
IN THE ALL-GIRLS NATIONALS IN COLUMBUS, OH.
DETROIT CITY CHESS
CLUB PLAYERS POSE WITH CHESS MASTER ABBY MARSHALL (CENTER) WINNER OF THE 2009 DENKER CHAMPIONSHIP AND HER FRIEND ALANNA KATZ.
TAYLOR COGSHELL POSES WITH
HER 12TH PLACE TROPHY.
IS JAMES CANTY
III TALKING ON THE PHONE ABOUT HIS GAME OR IS HE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE? DCCC THINKS "SOMETHING ELSE".
WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY 2010 NATIONAL JR. HIGH
CHESS CHAMPIONS. THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS,MN. WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY STUDENTS WAITING IN LINE BEFORE
BEING ANNOUCED JR. HIGH NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONS.
JORDAN SWEET (LEFT) AND MARC CLAYTON POSE WITH THEIR
6TH AND 9TH PLACE TROPHIES.
GABRIEL COLSTON
MARC CLAYTON
JORDAN SWEET
TAYLOR COGSHELL
KYLE PIERCE
GUWOIN INGRAM
WASHINGTON PARKS
ACADEMY CHESS PLAYERS TAYLOR COGSHELL, ALEXIS CLEMENTS AND SIDNEI AUSTIN POSE WITH GRANDMASTERS GREGORY KAIDANOV AND
MAURICE ASHLEY AT THE 9TH ANNUAL QUEENS CITY CHESS CLASSIC IN CINCINNATI, OH. WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY ROOKS PLACED
2ND IN THE TOURNAMENT.
THE GIRLS HAVING FUN BETWEEN ROUNDS. CHESS MASTER JAMES CANTY III (CENTER) OF DETROIT MUMFORD
HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVES TESTIMONIAL RESOLUTION FROM COUNCILMAN JAMES TATE.
COUNCILMAN JAMES TATE HONORS JAMES CANTY III AS HIS
PARENTS LOOK ON.
BATES ACADEMY
2ND PLACE METRO SCHOLASTIC CHESS
HUTCHINS MCMICHAELS 3RD PLACE METRO SCHOLASTIC CHESS WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY CHAMPIONS PRIMARY SECTION METRO
SCHOLASTIC CHESS
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SHABU
FORMER STATE ELEMENTARY CHESS CHAMPION JORDAN
BENARD PLAYS A GAME OF CHESS WHILE BIG SISTER TAYLOR WATCHES. FORMER
ELEMENTARY CHESS STATE CHAMPION JORDAN BENARD TAKES A QUICK BREAK FROM CHESS PLAY AT MCDONALD'S IN REDFORD.
JORDAN SWEET VS. TAYLOR BENARD
BRAYA HICKS OF EAGLE CREEK PLAYS AGAINST CURTIS KENNEDY JR.
WHILE JALEN JACKSON AND JAMES DAVENPORT WATCHES.
GUWOIN INGRAM VS. CHRISTIAN YANISH
DEBORAH BENARD POSES WITH DAUGHTERS TAYLOR
& JORDAN.
FOOTBALL OR CHESS. DCCC THINKS "FOOTBALL"
GUWOIN INGRAM TAKES
A MOMENT TO POSE WITH HIS LITTLE SISTER AT MCDONALD'S.
ALL PHOTOS BY KWABENA SHABU IFE MARTIN
WATCHES HER BROTHER AZOLA PLAY A GAME OF CHESS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. DEVAUGHN (RIGHT) IS SHOWING EVERYONE THAT HE HAS
GAME....
AZOLA MARTIN ASKING MERCEDES WEBSTER "DID
YOU MOVE THAT PIECE?"
WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY (LEFT) VS. FISHER MAGNET MIDDLE
SCHOOL DURING THE METRO SCHOLASTIC LEAGUE.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU LAMAR SMALLS (LEFT)
GOES AGAINST KAYEEN KEMP AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CONCENTRATION ON THE CHESS TABLE.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
COACH ANTHONY LACEY (LEFT) PLAYS GUWOIN INGRAM AT THE DIA.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
AKIL IS FOCUSING ON HIS NEXT MOVE.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CHESS PLAY AT THE DIA. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
COACH ANTHONY LACEY PLAYS DEMETRIUS WILSON OF CASS TECH
HIGH.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU COACH GLENN SMITH WORKS WITH HIS STUDENT BRANDY COPELAND.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU THE HAPPY COUPLE ENGAGING IN A GAME OF CHESS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE
OF ARTS. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
2009 K5 STATE CHAMPION JORDAN
BENARD (RIGHT) IS IN A TIGHT GAME AT THE K8 CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ALL THE KINGS MEN.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
MICHAEL BROWN (RIGHT) OF DETROIT
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
THE K8 CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT ALL THE KINGS MEN
PHOTO BY KWABENU SHABU
THE ALL-STATE GIRLS
FROM CORNERSTONE & EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY ALEXIS CLEMENTS, BRAYA HICKS, BRENAE SMITH, NICOLE SUTTON & MICAH GOODEN. PHOTO BY KWABENU SHABU
DETROIT CITY CHESS
CLUB THINKS THESE KIDS ARE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN: KALON SUGGS, BRANDY COPELAND, TAYLOR COGSHELL & KIERA NETTLES, PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
GABRIEL COLSTON (RIGHT) OF CORNERSTONE REDFORD PRACTICING
AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
LENDING
A HELPING HAND TO A FUTURE JR. CHESS CHAMPION AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
TWO PLAYERS GETTING DOWN TO SOME ACTION AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU FROM LEFT TAVANTE TYLER, BRADY TYSINGER &
DANIELLE YOUNG ARE ALL IN A TENSE GAME AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
BYRON GREEN (RIGHT) OF DAVIS AEROSPACE ACADEMY VS. BRADY TYSINGER OF DETROIT RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
COACH
SMITH WORKS WITH HIS STUDENT KYLE HOLT AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
COACH GLENN SMITH IS HAVING FUN WHILE
PLAYING MERCEDES WEBSTER. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CHESS PLAY AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU IS THAT FORMER JR. HIGH STATE CHAMPION SHERMAN REDDEN
JR. WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS?
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
KAYEEN
KEMP OF DETROIT KING HIGH SCHOOL PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
DOMINIC OF DETROIT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
BRADY
TYSINGER OF DETROIT RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
ALEC MAKING HIS MOVE WHILE PLAYING AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF
ARTS. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CHESS PLAY AT THE DETROIT
INSTITUTE OF ARTS
PHOTO BY KWABENA
SHABU
IS THAT LAMAR TELLING DARIAN A FUNNY JOKE AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF
ARTS? PHOTO BY KWABENA
SHABU
BRADY TYSINGER (LEFT) CHALLENGES JAMONTE ADAMS IN A FRIENDLY GAME OF BLITZ
CHESS.
PHOTO
BY KWABENA SHABU
WE THINK SHE LOVES PLAYING CHESS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
A BATTLE OF THE MINDS
PHOTO
BY KWABENA SHABU
CORNERSTONE'S NIANI JOHNSON (LEFT) PLAYS AGAINST RIVAL JORDAN BENARD OR EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY. PHOTO
BY KWABENA SHABU
MR. PHILLIP BROOKS IV. POSING WITH HIS
UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION MEDAL. BROOKS PLACED 14TH IN THE NATION IN THE K8-U1000 SECTION. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
INTERNATIONAL MASTER BEN
FEINGOLD PLAYS 52 DETROIT CITY
CHESS CLUB MEMBERS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
FEINGOLD DID NOT LOSE A GAME.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
8TH GRADER PHILLIP BROOKS IV OF CORNERSTONE
ACADEMY
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
IM BEN FEINGOLD AT 4TH GRADER ARNOLD THOMAS
BOARD.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
IM FEINGOLD MAKES HIS MOVE PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
INTERNATIONAL MASTER BEN FEINGOLD.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
BEN FEINGOLD MAKES HIS MOVE AGAINST
JASON YOUNG OF EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
INTERNATIONAL MASTER BEN FEINGOLD WAITS
FOR ANDRE THORNE TO MAKE HIS MOVE.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
ALEXIS FREEMAN OF EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
PHILLIP BROOKS IV. OF CORNERSTONE REDFORD ROOKS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
SHOWING OFF MEDALS
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CORNERSTONE REDFORD CHESS
TEAM
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY CHESS TEAM
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
LUDINGTON CHESS TEAM
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
BATES ACADEMY CHESS TEAM
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
MCMICHAEL CHESS TEAM
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
SPAIN CHESS TEAM
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
FISHER CHESS TEAM
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CHESS PLAYERS HAVING FUN IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
THE HAPPY CREW FROM
CORNERSTONE: RONNIE HARRISON,
TAYLOR COGSHELL, SIDNEI AUSTIN & MICHAEL BROWN
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY (LEFT) DOING
BATTLE AGAINST AN
ANN ARBOR TEAM DURING THE JR. HIGH STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS. EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY WAS THE
WINNER OF
THE JR. HIGH CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION
AT THE STATES.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY (RIGHT) DOING BATTLE AT THE
STATE JR. HIGH CHESS
TOURNAMENT.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY JR. HIGH CHESS STATE CHAMPIONS: CHANDLER CREECH, JASON YOUNG, BRAYA HICKS & NAVRAJ SINGH.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
THE ALL-GIRL CREW FROM CORNERSTONE ACADEMY POSE
FOR THE CAMERA WITH THEIR 6TH PLACE
JR. HIGH CHESS
STATE TROPHY. MARNA BRIDGEWATER, KAYLA ANDERSON,
MERCEDES WEBSTER & NIANI JOHNSON.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY GOING AGAINST STIFF COMPETITION
AT THE JR. HIGH
STATE TOURNAMENT. ECA IS THE
2009 JR. HIGH CHESS STATE CHAMPIONS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
SILVER MEDALISTS WINNERS AT THE JR. HIGH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
SILVER MEDALIST CHESS PLAYER TAYLOR
BENARD POSES
FOR THE CAMERA. TAYLOR IS A 2-TIME SILVER
MEDALIST WINNER.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY'S JASON YOUNG WHO SHOWS OFF HIS GOLD MEDAL AT THE JR. HIGH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS. JASON
ALSO WON GOLD IN LAST YEARS EVENT AT E.M.U.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
COACH GLENN SMITH IS GIVING WORDS OF WISDOM TO PLAYER SIDNEI AUSTIN.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CORNERSTONE'S CHESS TEAM MEMBERS GU-WOIN INGRAM, SIDNEI AUSTIN & DEMETRIUS JACKSON
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
ASHLEE MITCHELL CONCENTRATES ON HER NEXT MOVE.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
Braya Hicks & Jason Young of Eagle Creek Academy goes against
the team of Cornerstone Academy in the Metro Scholastic League.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
3RD GRADER XABRIA NELSON PLOTS HER NEXT MOVE DURING A PRIMARY MATCH IN THE METRO SCHOLASTIC LEAGUE.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN CORNERSTONE ACADEMY VS. EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY. BOTH TEAMS CAME INTO THE GAME UNDEFEATED.
Phillip Brooks IV getting ready for action. PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
JEREMIAH BYRD, TAVANTE TYLER, GUWOIN INGRAM AND
JORDAN CANDIE SHARE A LAUGH DURING A GAME OF BUGHOUSE CHESS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
PATRONS OF THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS WATCH
THE CHILDREN OF THE DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB PLAY CHESS.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
THE 2008 DETROIT ALL-CITY CHESS TEAM. THE TEAM IS COMPRISED
OF K3, K5, K8 AND THE K12 SECTIONS.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
TEAMMATES AND CLASSMATES JOIN THE ALL-CITY CHESS TEAM. ALSO STANDING THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS KENNETH MORRIS,
DR. DAAIM SHABAZZ OF THE CHESS DRUM AND MOREHOUSE COLLEGE FRESHMAN CHESS MASTER KAYIN BARCLAY.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
AFTER THE DINNER MEMBERS OF DCCC PLAY A LITTLE BUGHOUSE.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
CARLA GIBSON INTRODUCES FOX2 NEWS HOST HUEL PERKINS.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
HUEL PERKINS OF FOX2 NEWS WAS THE HOST OF THIS ANNUAL EVENT.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
GUEST SPEAKER DR. DAAIM SHABAZZ OF FLORIDA A&M BUSINESS DEPARTMENT AND FOUNDER OF THE CHESSDRUM.NET AND MOREHOUSE
COLLEGE CHESS MASTER KAYIN BARCLAY.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
DR. DAAIM SHABAZZ (BACKGROUND) WATCHES THE PLAYERS PLAY A GAME OF CHESS.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB HONOREE KAREN CLINGMAN ACCEPTS HER SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD.
PHOTO BY KENNETH MORRIS
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE FRESHMAN & CHESS MASTER KAYIN BARCLAY.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE FRESHMAN AND NATIONAL CHESS MASTER KAYIN BARCLAY PLAYS AGAINST 30 PLAYERS FROM DCCC AT THE
CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
GABRIEL COLSTON IS SMILING AT NIANI JOHNSON DURING A GAME
OF CHESS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS WHILE 1ST GRADER DOMINIC PHIFER LOOKS ON.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
BRIA CROSS THINKING OF HER NEXT MOVE.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
CHESS PLAY AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
KYLE HINES (RIGHT) CONVERSES WITH HIS FRIEND ABOUT A MOVE.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
SHERMAN REDDEN JR. OF DETROIT CROCKETT HIGH SCHOOL MAKES A MOVE AGAINST JALEN JACKSON. SHERMAN PLAYED A SIMUL AGAINST
37 PLAYERS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
PHOTO BY KWABENA SHABU
SHERMAN REDDEN JR. COMTEMPLATES HIS NEXT MOVE AGAINST CHRISTIAN YANISH OF CORNERSTONE ACADEMY WHILE ALEXIS FREEMAN
AND DONOVAN MARTIN WATCHES.
KWABENA SHABU PROVIDES AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE CHESS SIMUL AT THE DETROIT
INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
CASS TECH HEAD COACH GLEN BARNETT (RIGHT) & BILL PRICE (CENTER) IS WORKING WITH SHAWN HINES AT
THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
CASS TECH PLAYERS JAMONTE ADAMS & TAVANTE TYLER (RIGHT) PLAYS DEMETRIUS WILSON & BRIA GREEN IN A GAME
OF BUGHOUSE WHICH IS A TEAM GAME.
CHRISTIAN YANISH (RIGHT) LOOKS UP FOR A MOMENT WHILE PLAYING AGAINST EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY CHESS PLAYER TAYLOR
BENARD. COACH SHELDON ROBINSON (COACH ROB) WATCHES THE GAME AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.
ANTONIO OF YOUTHVILLE CHESS TEAM (LEFT) GOES AGAINST DEMETRIUS JACKSON AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. DARIAN OF DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB POINTS TO THE TIGERS SIGN AT COMERICA PARK. DCCC WAS THERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WILLIE
HORTON BASEBALL CHALLENGE. THE EVENT WAS MODERATED BY LARRY ABNER OF DON BOSCO.
FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER IKE BLESSITT OF THE DETROIT TIGERS SIGN ELIJAH'S BASEBALL T-SHIRT AT COMERICA PARK
AS DARIAN AND JUSTIN LOOK ON.
MEMBERS OF DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB ARE AWAITING THE START OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AT THE FINANCIAL PARK FACILITY IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. JA HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMICS OF LIFE. SHERVONNE TAYLOR OF FINANCIAL
PARK MODERATED THE WONDERFUL EVENT FOR THE KIDS.
6th graders Niani Johnson (left) and Kalon Suggs (right) are
thinking about their next move.
DETROIT POLICE CHIEF ELLA BULLY-CUMMING AND FORMER DETROIT ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF WALTER SHOULDERS
SUPPORTS DETROIT DUFFIELD CHESS TEAM FUNDRAISER AT DEB'S ICE CREAM SHOP AT HARBORTOWN. SHOULDERS ALSO GOT BEHIND THE
COUNTER AND GAVE A HELPING HAND.
Taylor and Jordan share a laugh during chess play at the Skillman Library in Downtown Detroit. Kayla Thomas thinking about her next move.
THE WILD AND CRAZY CHESS TEAM FROM EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY POSING FOR THE CAMERA IN PITTSBURGH, PA. EAGLE CREEK
PLACED 11TH NATIONALLY IN THE U1000 SECTION. MEMBERS INCLUDE: BRAYA HICKS, ALEXIS FREEMAN, JASON YOUNG, DANIELLE YOUNG
& NAVRAJ SINGH.
2ND GRADER JORDAN INGRAM THINKS SERIOUSLY ABOUT HIS NEXT MOVE.
KALON SUGGS (CENTER) HOLDS THE TEAM TROPHY FOR CORNERSTONE ACADEMY CHESS TEAM.
CORNERSTONE ACADEMY PLACED 2ND IN THE NATION IN THE K6 UNR. SECTION. THE TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN PITTSBURGH, PA.
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in Simul against Detroit Duffield opponent Jamonte Adams and others at the Jr. High Chess
Nationals in Dallas, TX.
Winners at the Detroit City Chess Club K-12 Quad tournament at Orchestra Place. (from left) Tavante Tyler,Jason Young, Danielle Young, Dalton Barksdale, Christopher Townsend, James
Canty III, Madina Mathis, Joshua Marshall, Kareem Coleman & Joseph Brunson.
INTERNATIONAL MASTER MARTHA FIERRO AT THE SKILLMAN LIBRARY IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. SHERMAN REDDEN JR. & MYLES CRAWFORD RELAX BETWEEN ROUNDS AT THE ELEMENTARY NATIONALS IN NASHVILLE,TN. CRAWFORD
OF CORNERSTONE ACADEMY PLACES 24TH IN THE NATION.
KAYEEN KEMP THINKING OF HIS NEXT MOVE AGAINST IM MARTHA FIERRO. ALEXIS FREEMAN OF INTERNATIONAL MONTESSORI ACADEMY IS GEARING UP FOR ROUND 3 OF THE JR. HIGH STATE CHESS TOURNAMENT AT
U OF M DEARBORN. FREEMAN PLACED 4TH IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
KAYEEN KEMP AND SHERMAN REDDEN JR. AT THE NATIONALS IN SACRAMENTO, CA. MEMBERS OF DETROIT DUFFIELD CHESS TEAM CHEERS A TEAMMATE ON AT THE AWARD CEREMONY. DERIK SMITH PLACES 11TH IN THE NATION IN THE U1000 SECTION. GETTING READY TO GO TO BATTLE. SHERMAN REDDEN GOES AGAINST JARON MARSHALL (HIS TEAMMATE) AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE FINAL ROUND.
AT THE DOWNTOWN BAGLEY GRILL, SHERMAN REDDEN JR (RIGHT) PLAYS KAYEEN KEMP IN A GAME OF CHESS WHILE JOSEPH HERBERT LOOKS
ON.
DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB CAMP MEMBERS POSE FOR THE CAMERA AT THE SKILLMAN LIBRARY IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. FIDE
INSTRUCTOR F. LEON WILSON CONDUCTED THE CAMP FOR KIDS.
CHESS PLAY AT YOUTHVILLE IN DETROIT.
LONG TIME CHESS MASTER JOHN BROOKS PLAYS A SIMUL AGAINST DETROIT DUFFIELD STUDENTS.
INDIA SPENCER OF DETROIT DUFFIELD IS ALL CONCENTRATION DURING HER FINAL DETROIT SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT AT HEILMANN MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
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