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ShelbyLymanchessBeginner’s corner — hint explanation: “Sacrifice” thequeen.VWHITE MATES IN 2Whit® moves(Solution b«low)The case of Louis Taylor vs. the City of New Rochelle(New York) had what is surely a curious outcome.On Sept. 8, Louis Taylor was “handcuffed, removed and imprisoned for three hours allegedly for refusing to stop “playing chess” in his local librarv in violation of a library policy.His sentence (after being found guilty by City Judge Kenneth Rudolph on March 2): 60 hours of teaching chess to youths at the New Rochelle Bovs and Girls Club!At the time of his arrest,Taylor — who earlier hadbeen playing chess with a human opponent — was reading a chess book with the aidof a chess set at his side. But the judge apparently interpreted Tvalor's action as a deliberate attempt to get arrested — an allegation that Taylor energetically denies.I am reminded of a story about the teen-age Bobby Fischer. On one cccasion.Fischer was siting at the back of a class at Erasmus High in Brooklyn, analyzing a position on a pocket chess set. The classroom teacher duly confiscated the set.Fischer responded by continuing to analyze the position in his head. The teacher was apparently impressed, if not bemused, and no further action was taken.Whatever the logic and ultimate disposition of the New Rochelle case — it may be appealed — it does raise interesting questions.What if Taylor or someone else were to play “blindfold chess with a friend at the New Rochelle library without use of a board or set — quietly writing their moves down on a piece of paper?Is quiet chess activity less acceptable in libraries than listening to music or watchinga videotape with earphones?Below is a win by the 16-year-old Hungarian Judit Pol-gar against Jacek Gdanski of Poland from a Budapest qualifying tournament.
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Arlington Heights Daily Herald Suburban Chicago
Arlington Heights, Illinois, US
Sun, May 09, 1993
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