Jorge's Students Leading in State Interscholastic Events
The youngest Master was Jordy Mont-Reynaud at 10 years, 7 months (1994). The oldest player to become a Chess Master was Oscar Shapiro, at age 74.
The first Chessboard with alternating light and dark squares appears in Europe in 1090.
“A player surprised is half beaten”
–Proverb
“Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists”
–Marcel Duchamp
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PO Box 442
East Greenwich, RI 02818
(401) 886-5088
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Jorge Sammour-Hasbun, , 401-497-8366
Lori DeCesaris, , 401-886-5088
George Sammour, 401-499-1595
Yaneth Zamora, , 401-286-2047