DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB PHOTOS

MAURICE JENKINS OF SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS IN COLUMBUS, OH

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.

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.

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WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY METRO SCHOLASTIC CHESS CHAMPIONS

HUTCHINS MCMICHAELS 3RD PLACE METRO SCHOLASTIC CHESS

WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY CHAMPIONS PRIMARY SECTION METRO SCHOLASTIC CHESS

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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.

BRAYA HICKS OF EAGLE CREEK PLAYS AGAINST CURTIS KENNEDY JR. WHILE JALEN JACKSON AND JAMES DAVENPORT WATCHES.

DEBORAH BENARD POSES WITH DAUGHTERS TAYLOR & JORDAN.

CHESS PLAYERS CARLA GIBSON, BRAYA HICKS, SIDNEI AUSTIN, JORDAN BENARD, TAYLOR BENARD, KIERRAH ROBERTS & ALEXIS CLEMENTS POSE AFTER A PRACTICE SESSION.

GUWOIN INGRAM TAKES A MOMENT TO POSE WITH HIS LITTLE SISTER AT MCDONALD'S.

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IFE MARTIN WATCHES HER BROTHER AZOLA PLAY A GAME OF CHESS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

SMILING FOR THE CAMERA

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?"

GUWOIN INGRAM IS GETTING THE YOUNG CHESS MINDS TOGETHER BEFORE THEIR MATCH AT DETROIT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

WASHINGTON PARKS ACADEMY (LEFT) VS. FISHER MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL DURING THE METRO SCHOLASTIC LEAGUE.

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LAMAR SMALLS (LEFT) GOES AGAINST KAYEEN KEMP AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.

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CONCENTRATION ON THE CHESS TABLE.

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COACH ANTHONY LACEY (LEFT) PLAYS GUWOIN INGRAM AT THE DIA.

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AKIL IS FOCUSING ON HIS NEXT MOVE.

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CHESS PLAY AT THE DIA.

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COACH ANTHONY LACEY PLAYS DEMETRIUS WILSON OF CASS TECH HIGH.

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COACH GLENN SMITH WORKS WITH HIS STUDENT BRANDY COPELAND.

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THE HAPPY COUPLE ENGAGING IN A GAME OF CHESS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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BRENAE SMITH (LEFT) AND JOVAUN ROGERS (FAR LEFT) ARE PLAYING A TOUGH GAME OF CHESS AT ALL THE KINGS MEN IN WARREN, MI.

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2009 K5 STATE CHAMPION JORDAN BENARD (RIGHT) IS IN A TIGHT GAME AT THE K8 CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ALL THE KINGS MEN.

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MICHAEL BROWN (RIGHT) OF DETROIT

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THE K8 CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT ALL THE KINGS MEN

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THE ALL-STATE GIRLS FROM CORNERSTONE & EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY ALEXIS CLEMENTS, BRAYA HICKS, BRENAE SMITH, NICOLE SUTTON & MICAH GOODEN.

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DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB THINKS THESE KIDS ARE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN: KALON SUGGS, BRANDY COPELAND, TAYLOR COGSHELL & KIERA NETTLES,

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GABRIEL COLSTON (RIGHT) OF CORNERSTONE REDFORD PRACTICING AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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LENDING A HELPING HAND TO A FUTURE JR. CHESS CHAMPION AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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TWO PLAYERS GETTING DOWN TO SOME ACTION AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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FROM LEFT TAVANTE TYLER, BRADY TYSINGER & DANIELLE YOUNG ARE ALL IN A TENSE GAME AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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BYRON GREEN (RIGHT) OF DAVIS AEROSPACE ACADEMY VS. BRADY TYSINGER OF DETROIT RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL.

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COACH SMITH WORKS WITH HIS STUDENT KYLE HOLT AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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COACH GLENN SMITH IS HAVING FUN WHILE PLAYING MERCEDES WEBSTER.

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CHESS PLAY AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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IS THAT FORMER JR. HIGH STATE CHAMPION SHERMAN REDDEN JR. WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS?

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IS THAT ROBERT WELLS ON HIS CELL PHONE?

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KAYEEN KEMP OF DETROIT KING HIGH SCHOOL

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DOMINIC OF DETROIT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

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BRADY TYSINGER OF DETROIT RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL.

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ALEC MAKING HIS MOVE WHILE PLAYING AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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CHESS PLAY AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS

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IS THAT LAMAR TELLING DARIAN A FUNNY JOKE AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS?

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BRADY TYSINGER (LEFT) CHALLENGES JAMONTE ADAMS IN A FRIENDLY GAME OF BLITZ CHESS.

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WE THINK SHE LOVES PLAYING CHESS.

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CORNERSTONE'S NIANI JOHNSON (LEFT) PLAYS AGAINST RIVAL JORDAN BENARD OR EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY.

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ANDRE THORNE OF HENRY FORD EARLY COLLEGE (LEFT) GOES AGAINST BRADY TYSINGER OF RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL IN A GAME OF BUGHOUSE.

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STATE CHAMPION JORDAN BENARD (RIGHT) PLAYS AN OPPONENT AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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HAVING FUN AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS

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DANIELLE YOUNG MAKING HER MOVE.

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IS THAT SIDNEI AUSTIN PLAYING A GAME CHESS WITH PAPA AUSTIN IN THE BACKGROUND?

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MR. PHILLIP BROOKS IV. POSING WITH HIS UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION MEDAL. BROOKS PLACED 14TH IN THE NATION IN THE K8-U1000 SECTION.

CORNERSTONE REDFORD CHESS TEAM POSING FOR THE CAMERA IN NASHVILLE, TN. THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE SUPERNATIONALS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

GIRL CHESS POWERS NICOLE SUTTON, TAYLOR COGSHELL, NAKEYAH GREEN, ALEXIS CLEMENTS & MERCEDES WEBSTER POSING FOR THE CAMERA IN NASHVILLE, TN.

CORNERSTONE CHESS TEAM ACCEPTING THEIR 3RD PLACE TROPHY IN THE U750 SECTION AT THE SUPERNATIONALS IN NASHVILLE,TN.

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INTERNATIONAL MASTER BEN FEINGOLD PLAYS 52 DETROIT CITY

CHESS CLUB MEMBERS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

FEINGOLD DID NOT LOSE A GAME.

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8TH GRADER PHILLIP BROOKS IV OF CORNERSTONE ACADEMY

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IM BEN FEINGOLD AT 4TH GRADER ARNOLD THOMAS BOARD.

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INTERNATIONAL MASTER BEN FEINGOLD.

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BEN FEINGOLD MAKES HIS MOVE AGAINST

JASON YOUNG OF EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY.

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INTERNATIONAL MASTER BEN FEINGOLD WAITS FOR ANDRE THORNE TO MAKE HIS MOVE.

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ALEXIS FREEMAN OF EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY.

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PHILLIP BROOKS IV. OF CORNERSTONE REDFORD ROOKS.

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CORNERSTONE REDFORD CHESS TEAM

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EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY CHESS TEAM

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BATES ACADEMY CHESS TEAM

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CHESS PLAYERS HAVING FUN IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.

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THE HAPPY CREW FROM CORNERSTONE: RONNIE HARRISON,
TAYLOR COGSHELL, SIDNEI AUSTIN & MICHAEL BROWN

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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.

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CORNERSTONE ACADEMY (RIGHT) DOING BATTLE AT THE
STATE JR. HIGH CHESS TOURNAMENT.

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EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY JR. HIGH CHESS STATE CHAMPIONS: CHANDLER CREECH, JASON YOUNG, BRAYA HICKS & NAVRAJ SINGH.

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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.

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EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY GOING AGAINST STIFF COMPETITION
AT THE JR. HIGH STATE TOURNAMENT. ECA IS THE
2009 JR. HIGH CHESS STATE CHAMPIONS.

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CARLA GIBSON (HOLDING TROPHY) IS ALL SMILES AFTER HER TEAM WON THEIR SECTION AT THE JR. HIGH STATE CHESS TOURNAMENT WHILE HER MOM WATCHES.

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SILVER MEDALISTS WINNERS AT THE JR. HIGH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

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CORNERSTONE TEAMMATES BRENAE SMITH & TAYLOR COGSHELL
ARE ALL SMILES DURING THE 2009 JR. HIGH STATE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

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SILVER MEDALIST CHESS PLAYER TAYLOR BENARD POSES
FOR THE CAMERA. TAYLOR IS A 2-TIME SILVER
MEDALIST WINNER.

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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.

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COACH GLENN SMITH IS GIVING WORDS OF WISDOM TO PLAYER SIDNEI AUSTIN.

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CORNERSTONE'S CHESS TEAM MEMBERS GU-WOIN INGRAM, SIDNEI AUSTIN & DEMETRIUS JACKSON

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ASHLEE MITCHELL CONCENTRATES ON HER NEXT MOVE.

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Braya Hicks & Jason Young of Eagle Creek Academy goes against the team of Cornerstone Academy in the Metro Scholastic League.

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3RD GRADER XABRIA NELSON PLOTS HER NEXT MOVE DURING A PRIMARY MATCH IN THE METRO SCHOLASTIC LEAGUE.

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SHOWDOWN BETWEEN CORNERSTONE ACADEMY VS. EAGLE CREEK ACADEMY. BOTH TEAMS CAME INTO THE GAME UNDEFEATED.

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JEREMIAH BYRD, TAVANTE TYLER, GUWOIN INGRAM AND JORDAN CANDIE SHARE A LAUGH DURING A GAME OF BUGHOUSE CHESS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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PATRONS OF THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS WATCH THE CHILDREN OF THE DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB PLAY CHESS.

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THE 2008 DETROIT ALL-CITY CHESS TEAM. THE TEAM IS COMPRISED OF K3, K5, K8 AND THE K12 SECTIONS.

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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.

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AFTER THE DINNER MEMBERS OF DCCC PLAY A LITTLE BUGHOUSE.

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CARLA GIBSON INTRODUCES FOX2 NEWS HOST HUEL PERKINS.

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HUEL PERKINS OF FOX2 NEWS WAS THE HOST OF THIS ANNUAL EVENT.

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GUEST SPEAKER DR. DAAIM SHABAZZ OF FLORIDA A&M BUSINESS DEPARTMENT AND FOUNDER OF THE CHESSDRUM.NET AND MOREHOUSE COLLEGE CHESS MASTER KAYIN BARCLAY.

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DR. DAAIM SHABAZZ (BACKGROUND) WATCHES THE PLAYERS PLAY A GAME OF CHESS.

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DETROIT CITY CHESS CLUB HONOREE KAREN CLINGMAN ACCEPTS HER SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD.

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE FRESHMAN & CHESS MASTER KAYIN BARCLAY.

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE FRESHMAN AND NATIONAL CHESS MASTER KAYIN BARCLAY PLAYS AGAINST 30 PLAYERS FROM DCCC AT THE CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM.

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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.

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BRIA CROSS THINKING OF HER NEXT MOVE.

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CHESS PLAY AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS.

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KYLE HINES (RIGHT) CONVERSES WITH HIS FRIEND ABOUT A MOVE.

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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.

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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.