Blue called me at 5:00 am expressing his excitement from what he had learned from reading my book on American Crime From A Black American's perspective. He said he could finally see the big picture of USA society; where he was positioned in it; what he was up against; and the requirement for surviving and thriving was by developing his intelligence. He said he was so stimulated as to start planning chess programs for youth. Chess calls for disciplined Attention and sustained Concentration. Furthermore, chess is above luck and chance. Instead it improves memory, sound thinking and critical judgment. To show its scope, it is considered as an art, a science, and an intellectual game. To play chess well requires skill, patience, and the perfection of foresight and forethought so as to plan moves. It consists of a set of figurines (chessmen) on a checkered board of 64 squares before
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