Masters of the Game and Leaders by Example

My husband starting teaching our son how to play chess when he was three years old. At five, he still enjoys the game. I think because he sees his dad playing it all of the time, he wants to emulate his dad. It is a game that they both enjoy alot. Chess is also a game that does not get the attention that it deserves. I hope as these young men grow, they will bring other young players along with them. This is awesome!!!

Fewer than 2 percent of the 47,000 members of the United States Chess Federation are masters — and just 13 of them are under the age of 14.

Among that select group of prodigies are three black players from the New York City area — Justus Williams, Joshua Colas and James Black Jr. — who each became masters before their 13th birthdays.

“Masters don’t happen every day, and African-American masters who are 12 never happen,” said Maurice Ashley, 45, the only African-American to earn the top title of grandmaster. “To have three young players do what they have done is something of an amazing curiosity. You normally wouldn’t get something like that in any city of any race.”

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