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intermittent thoughts on my life and work as the chess coach at IS 318, a public middle school in Brooklyn
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www.9queens.org
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- Al Jazeera English
- Big Think
- bionic lime
- blue eyed rook
- Boylston Blog
- Braden Bournival's blog (hilarious chess raps)
- chess addict
- Chess Flash
- Chicago Chess blogspot
- curtains' hilarious chess videos
- Dana Mackensie's Blog
- Endgame clothing blogspot
- Endgame clothing purchase
- getting to 2000
- Ginzie's blog
- Goddess Chess
- Goddess Chess Blog
- greg's blog
- hardcore pawnography
- Internet Chess Club
- Jenn's blog
- Katar blog
- Kenilworthian
- knights of castle kimbark
- mushroom chess blog
- Natalia Pogonina's website
- nonprofit cheap used books w/free shipping
- panda chess--really really funny
- Pokerstars.net
- random number generator... for when you just can't decide
- robert pearson's blog
- Route 20 chess club (keith)
- San Fransisco Chess News
- Scholastic Chess Blog
- Sergio's site
- Soapstone's Studio Blog
- US Chess League Homepage
- UTD Brownsville
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- James A Black, Jr., in the New York Times
- guerrilla education in Milwaukee
- Fischer, Qaddafi, Ilyumzhinov
- second bughouse article!
- more James Black press!
- what you see is what you get
- a kas pillowcase
- photos and bughouse!
- Know Your Neighbor: James, the Chess Champ!
- James Black in the NY Daily News!
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2 comments:
It might be an interesting little series, this Know Your Neighbor thing. I daresay it's good for people down in the city to have that. People probably get lost in the crowd frequently due to sheer numbers.
I was in Manhattan for the New Yorker Open over the weekend, and James was my first opponent. He does play well, to be sure. I get smothered in clouds of despair hearing him talk of studying chess six hours a day... I'm lucky to get that much study time in a week. And this is the kind of talent that I have to face when I go to these tournaments! Yikes.
(I took a screen shot of the frame in the video where James' library is behind him, and it seems we have a number of book selections in common. I sometimes get curious about other people's chess libraries.)
I really love this video.
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