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TexasTowelie

(116,555 posts) Sat Jul 14, 2018, 01:51 PM Jul 2018

Checkmate: Kentucky governor's comments about chess team irk residents

LOUISVILLE, KY. — Comments by the governor of Kentucky about a West Louisville chess club have some social media posters wishing he had kept his comments in check.

In a promotional video he tweeted, Gov. Matt Bevin said the club was “not something you necessarily would have thought of when you think of this section of town.”

The West Louisville Chess Club "primarily targets" young children who live in the West End of Louisville, according to Lyndon Pryor of the Louisville Urban League. Most of the club members shown in the video were black.

Bevin published his video on Tuesday, the Courier Journal of Louisville reported.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/checkmate-kentucky-governor-comments-about-chess-team-irk-residents/oAoqKth4B9TVWd2eziiBiO/

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Checkmate: Kentucky governor's comments about chess team irk residents (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2018 OP

Actually, chess has long been a competitive game in city schools and neighborhoods dawg day Jul 2018 #1

Idiot. They are all idiots. LakeArenal Jul 2018 #2

I. I bet he doesn't play chess, 2. he's never been to public parks in NYC ..... marble falls Jul 2018 #3

dawg day

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1. Actually, chess has long been a competitive game in city schools and neighborhoods

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 02:33 PM

Jul 2018

An inner-city middle school team in my town won a national championship against rich private schools. The abilities to strategize and concentrate are not class-based, or race-based.

LakeArenal

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2. Idiot. They are all idiots.

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Sat Jul 14, 2018, 07:59 PM

Jul 2018

Crooks, cheats, liars AND idiots

marble falls

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3. I. I bet he doesn't play chess, 2. he's never been to public parks in NYC .....

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 11:41 PM

Jul 2018

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This is Maurice 'Mike' Ashley a Grandmaster who started playing in the parks.

At Brooklyn’s I.S. 318, the Cool Kids Are the Chess Champs ...

A lot of these guys are ranked and the make their living playing chess and peeling smart-ass white guys who also don't think they can be beaten by anyone.

Thanks for posting this OP!

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