Jorge's Students swept both the 2010 RI Interscholastic Chess League Competition as well as the RI State Scholastic Championships
The word “Checkmate” in Chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the King is dead.”
“You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player”
–Jose Raul Capablanca
“Daring ideas are like Chess men moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game”
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of Chess is 318,979,564,000.
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Chess Master Connections LLC
PO Box 442
East Greenwich, RI 02818
(401) 886-5088
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CMC Partner Listing
Jorge Sammour-Hasbun, , 401-497-8366
Lori DeCesaris, , 401-886-5088
George Sammour, 401-499-1595
Yaneth Zamora, , 401-286-2047