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Disco very /SectionShelbyLymanIchessBeginner’s corner — hint matedbeBLACK'S BEST MOVE?She was told ad nauseaumtnat it couldn’t be _____others had tried and failedBut after a year of statewidelobbying by Roz Katz of Mepham, N.J., and hundreds ofother New Jersey chess play-impossibleaccomplished.In January, Gov. Jim Florio-__ 1 a • «asigned a bill encouraging local boards of education to “of-r • jfer instruction in chess duringthe second grade for pupils inspecial education programs.”The mandate for chess wasoverwhelming: a 63-6 vote forA 1_ • . a _the measure in the New Jersey General Assembly and a 23-1 vote in the State Senate.News of the bill’s approvalelicited “calls like vou _couldn't imagine,” says Katz.Within a few weeks, hundredspeople — including parents,teachers, principals, school-boardtendents from as far away asCalifornia and Canada — hadcontacted her.Bv the middle of February, at least 70 new school chessprograms had been initiatedft m^ft _ A J 1 ft ■ —in response to the legislation.I am amazed,” she says.“People really do care. They want their kids to have thebest“In many caes, chess is the. 1 . . A • A • ft ft .only opportunity childrenhave during the'day to sit andthink. Usually, they have notime to think about anything .‘Chess teaches children responsibility for what they do.They learn not to blame theirmothers, or teachers orfriends, or even the TV set (ifit s broken) when things gowrong.“They learn to say: ‘I cando it differently. I can do it better.’”Below is a w in by HoangTrng, a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, against the formidable English grandmasterJohn Nunn for the 1992 OviedoOpen TournamentNunn1. e42. d43. Nc34. e55. f46 Nf37. Be38. Na49. c310. b411. cxb412. Bd213. Nxd214. Nb215. Kf216. Nd317. Nb318. Nb219. Qxd420. Bd3?21. NxdHoange6d5Nf6N(f)d7c5Nc6Qb6Oa5chcxd4Nxb4Bxb4chBxd2ch95b6gxf4Ba6Qa3Qa3Rc8Bxd3Rc4White resigns (a).Jjfjf „After 22 Qb2 Qxb2ch 23. Nxb2 pawns ahead1°VeS b2’ H°ang ,S mreeAFTER 21 Nxd3Hoang87654321BLACK TO PLAYNunn(See text 4 game score)Solution to beginner’s eor-Qe3chKg5 Qg3 mate (from Yermo-a* a • w *■linsky-Wolff 1992).f* t Ann CL - ILAAiguAutflex)helpprofej— evethesemodejof pictGenpricedshootisive c, ture uonly h,Forphoto^ing foquickpopulaexpantzons.Afthe aplt;lectsspeedmodefield, \T1leasfeatrialdayMarJaYorlrialApri is tothe fEureduriiToton, ]thatmenlproctcyanFirquesl22 frcCardCardDC 2(ThAmei
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Arlington Heights Daily Herald Suburban Chicago
Arlington Heights, Illinois, US
Sun, Mar 28, 1993
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