Major Development in the World of Chess Affecting Minnesota to Be Announced.The HB Foundation will hold a news conference to announce a major development for the world of chess and for Minnesota at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, September 17, 2004, at the Mall of America Mall of America (also MOA, MoA, or the Megamall) is a shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. It is just southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, and is across the interstate from the , followed by compelling and colorful demonstrations involving hundreds of chess playing children. Taking part in the news conference will be HB Foundation Executive Director Brian Molohon and the world's first African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. International Grandmaster Noun 1. International Grandmaster - a chess player who has been awarded the highest title by an international chess organization grandmaster - a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge , Maurice Ashley Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966 St. Andrew, Jamaica) is a chess grandmaster. He is the first and only African-American grandmaster. In the October 2006 rating lists, he had a FIDE rating of 2465, and a USCF rating of 2520 at standard chess, and 2536 at quick chess. , who has been called "the Tiger Woods of chess." Also participating will be Randy Bauer of the U.S. Chess Federation. The announcement will attract attention worldwide and have substantial significance for the Twin Cities and Minnesota. The demonstrations, immediately following the news conference, will feature a "simul," where Ashley plays some 30 young people simultaneously in individual games." Speed Chess and 3-D chess will also be shown at booths at Sam Goody Central, the Mall of America rotunda rotunda In Classical and Neoclassical architecture, a building or room that is circular in plan and covered with a dome. The Pantheon is a Classical Roman rotunda. The Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is an Italian Renaissance example. where the event will be staged. Some 200 chessboard sets will be given to children at the event. The nonprofit HB Foundation is devoted to promoting the involvement of young people in the game of chess because of its benefits in developing critical thinking skills. |
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