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34th Annual Chess Event and Exhibition
April 18 @ 12:30 pm EDT
Location: Faculty Staff Dining Room (Cultural Arts Center)
While the series “The Queen’s Gambit” encouraged a lot of people to try their hand at chess, students at Rockland Community College have understood the intrigue of this board game for over three decades. On Thursday, April 18th at 12:30 PM, Rockland Community College will host the 34th Annual Chess Event and Exhibition in the Faculty Staff Dining Room in the Cultural Arts Center on the main campus in Suffern. The Chess Event is open to all RCC students, employees, and community members. Each school district in Rockland County has been invited to send students to the event.
The Chess Event is the highlight of the year for RCC’s Chess Club. It will give students and members of the community the opportunity to interact with International Grandmaster Gennady Sagalckik and play a game of chess with him. Grandmaster Sagalchik, originally from Belarus, is a renowned chess player and leading US chess coach. Three-time Pan-American Intercollegiate Champion, he led the teams of Manhattan Community College and Brooklyn College. He is a 2002 US Championship participant and the top prize winner of numerous international tournaments. Currently living in Brooklyn, Grandmaster Sagalchik is working with over 350 students and serving as the head coach for Chess Mates, a rapidly growing scholastic chess organization on Long Island, New York.
Please contact Professor Peter Arvanites, Advisor of the Chess Club, at 845-574-4767 or [email protected] for more information.
