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Among the participants in our June 1995 5,000 Kids!
celebration were Hall of Famer and Chess Teacher of the Century Jack Collins,
USCF Hall of Fame Committee Chairman John McCrary, Congressional
Certificate of Recognition holder Gregory Acholonu, William Steinitz
nephew Kurt Landsberger, USCF Executive Director Al Lawrence
and Maryland's highest-rated player, Sarah Mehler (holding balloon).
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| The U.S. Chess Center
hosted the U.S. Cadet Championship four times and hosted the U.S. Armed
Forces Championship for nine years. Pictured here are the participants of the 1996 Cadet
Championship. Noah Siegel, far left, won the 1996 Championship. The
others, from left, are: Jacob Chudnovsky, Mauricio Ruiz, Nawrose Nur, Jordy
Mont-Reynaud, Harutyun Akopyan, Justin Sarkar and Matthew Puckett.
The photo was taken on the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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| Then-First
Lady, now Senator, Hillary Clinton watches two students at the District's J.O.
Wilson Elementary School demonstrate their proficiency at chess. The First Lady met
with the Center's Executive Director at the school.
She was there with other dignitaries (Secretary of Education Richard Riley is visible behind her) to commend the school for its
excellent after-school activities, which include chess. |
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| The Center's Theophilus Thompson
Club played a match in 1993 with a team of touring Israeli kids. |
A chess exhibition on the National Mall in
1994 attracted the interest of thousands of passers-by. |
The Center staged a human chess game in the Old Post
Office Pavilion in October 1996 as part of the Chess Collectors International convention. |
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| Grandmaster Alex Sherzer provides clear, concise analysis for a
group of Center students. |
The U.S. Chess Center offers teacher training sessions every
year. |
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| In April 1997 we took 27 kids to the Super Nationals in Knoxville. |
They all had a great time, both inside the playing hall and
skittling outside on the riverbank. |
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| Among the teams to challenge our kids in 1997 was one
from Pittsburgh. |
Each year the Center runs tournaments to benefit
charity, raising hundreds of pounds of canned food. |
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| During two weeks when D.C. Public Schools were
closed in the fall of 1997, we ran chess classes for about 150 students at the Shaw
Recreation Center. |
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| In an act of extraordinary generosity, the
First Baptist Church of Washington hosted 255 scholastic players in 1998. Lured by
promises of large trophies and abundant free pizza, they came from the District, Maryland
and Virginia. From 1999 through 2001 the event was repeated. In each of the subsequent
years, the church's capacity was reached and only the first 300 students to register
were able to play. |
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International Master
Eugene Meyer gave a simultaneous exhibition January 17, 1998, to twenty enthusiastic members of
the Theophilus Thompson Club. Meyer won 19 games and drew one. |
The draw was to John Rouleau, pictured here with Meyer. |
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| District of Columbia Elementary School
Champion Kevin Wingfield accepts his award during the 1998 Cosmos Club's Chess Awards
Ceremony. The Cosmos Club honors chess champions and teachers each year from the
District, Maryland and Virginia. |
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Chess is a fantastic family activity. In the fall of 1998 we
ran Generation Chess, a tournament pitting the upcoming generation against the old-timers.
It was a close match, but the kids narrowly won. In 1999 it was close again, but the parents
again went down in defeat. |
| Chess Center Director David Mehler with World
Champion Garry Kasparov during his visit to the Center in June, 1999. |
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