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'As a matter of fact, one can claim the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area was the cradle for Black chess in America." Local writer and two-time D.C. chess champion Gregory Kearse made that claim in a seminal 1998 article for Chess Life, which noted that the thriving local area chess scene in the 1960s helped develop the first officially rated African American chess masters.
'As a matter of fact, one can claim the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area was the cradle for Black chess in America." Local writer and two-time D.C. chess champion Gregory Kearse made that claim in a seminal 1998 article for Chess Life, which noted that the thriving local area chess scene in the 1960s helped develop the first officially rated African American chess masters.
The clubhouse of the historic Oakland Hills Country Club, where legends such as Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus played, is badly damaged by the fire.
The clubhouse of the historic Oakland Hills Country Club, where legends such as Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus played, is badly damaged by the fire.
The historic Oakland Hills Country Club, set to host two U.S. Women's Opens in the coming years, is badly damaged by the blaze.