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Old 06-02-2011, 05:20 AM   #3691
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Default Checkmate: Harlem Youngsters Stepping Up Their Chess Game


The second and third graders tore into the classroom at Harlem Success Academy 2 like a tornado of little arms and legs. A cacophony of giggles and squeals preceded them.

Minutes later these little dervishes of energy were studious and silent, but for the click of chess pieces and the clack of the timers they popped after each move.

The tension was thick. The players were focused. The inaugural chess tournament of the Harlem Success Academy scholars was underway, and the competition was on.

"The thing I like about chess is having hard enemies, to see if I'm good or not," said Abudurazaq Aribidesi, 8, a third grader at the school, after winning his second match of the day. The young player, who has bounced between being the top ranked and third ranked player in the entire school, could barely tamp down his pride as he nudged his glasses up on his nose.

"I feel really good," Abudurazaq said (pictured below right), strolling confidently out of the classroom.

Held at Harlem Success Academy's East 128th Street location in Harlem, the tournament was the first of its kind for the network of charter schools. But it is also part of a citywide surge in organized chess in public and charter schools in some of the city's toughest neighborhoods, where schools, as cliché as it might sound, are using the game of chess to teach its students discipline and focus, traits best served in the game of life.

New York City has boasted an impressive pool of young talent that has garnered national attention, including Justus Williams of the Bronx, who at 12 became the youngest ever African American chess master last year. Another New Yorker, Kassa Korley, 16, also African American, held the distinction before Williams and has been named "the Lebron James of chess."


There is also the Chess-in-the-Schools program that was founded in 1986 to teach chess to public school children in the city's poor neighborhoods, a program that has given rise to hundreds if not thousands of chess enthusiasts throughout the city, including Linda Ragin, now a chess instructor at Harlem Success Academy 1.
Eva Moskowitz, the CEO of the Success Charter Network, which launched the first of its seven schools in Harlem in 2006, said that each of her schools' 2,400 students takes chess as a required course.

"I think chess is as important as reading and mathematics, it develops sequential and strategic thinking that is as powerful as any academic subject," said Moskowitz. "I want kids to enjoy the game and cultivate there strategic thinking skills, but I also think chess competitions are really good for kids. You learn how to be a gracious winner and a humbler loser. You learn sportsmanship, you learn skills that you need in life to best successful in life."

Sean O'Hanlon, the chess instructor at Harlem Success Academy 2 and the organizer of the tournament, said that chess "makes kids feel good about themselves and about going to school."

O'Hanlon teaches 19 chess classes a week and meets with the official chess club each morning at 7:15 a.m., before classes begin and while other students are in the cafeteria eating breakfasts, and on Wednesday's after school. His team is committed, he said. "They have a lot to do, so chess is not always their priority, but they love it."

So do their parents, according to O'Hanlon, who says many parents have told him that they enjoy seeing their kids sitting quietly and using their minds rather than playing video games.



Henry Pena, the father of Sean, a 3rd grader who was playing in the tournament for Harlem Success Academy 3, said that chess has given his energetic boy a focus.

"I feel proud," said Pena. "When I was growing up I don't remember any kids playing chess. It's fine, as long as he doesn't keep beating me."

Back at the tournament, O'Hanlon stood in the center of the class. His team from Harlem Success Academy 2 had just swept the first two rounds, challenging students from three of their sister schools. They were headed into the final round of competition, and O'Hanlon took a good look at his students, nearly a dozen of them.

"Remember. Do not take this game for granted just because you won the last game," he said to the group. "You win graciously and you lose graciously. Got it?" He then looked over to another instructor and nodded.

"We're ready," he said.



"Check mate," a student said just above a whisper, tossing his hand into the air. One by one players began to fall off.

Then, another whispered checkmate and another hand went up. But on the other side of the board, a sullen faced Bennett Boakge, 9, (pictured above right) lowered his head a bit. Bennett is the number one ranked player at Harlem Success Academy 2, and had defeated two other players that day. But this time his opponent got the best of him.

"He captured a lot of my pieces," the boy said. "He surprised me." Despite the loss, his team was one win away from winning the tournament and capturing the big gold trophy with a King's head propped on top of it. And for having lost his final match, Bennett had a relatively good attitude.

"I felt like I was going to win," he said. "It's still fun because you face so many opponents and learn to think about what you're going to do. When I first started I would just do anything, move anywhere and not pay attention. Now I know what move I'm going to make before I make it."

A few minutes later the last player for Bennett's team won his match, and the big gold trophy stayed with the home team.

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Old 06-02-2011, 02:02 PM   #3694
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Default Phil Ivey Sues Full Tilt Poker, Company Fires Back

The poker community was stunned this week to find out that the game’s biggest star, Phil Ivey, was boycotting the 2011 World Series of Poker. Ivey, speaking publicly for the first time since Black Friday, released a statement on his Facebook page late Tuesday evening that faulted Full Tilt‘s “painful” slowness in returning player funds as the reason for his absence.

“I am deeply disappointed and embarrassed that Full Tilt players have not been paid money they are owed,” Ivey said in the statement. “I am equally embarrassed that as a result many players cannot compete in tournaments and have suffered economic harm.

“I wholeheartedly refuse to accept non-action as to repayment of players’ funds and I am angered that people who have supported me throughout my career have been treated so poorly.”

Ivey also filed suit against Tiltware LLC, the software and marketing company for Full Tilt. Within the lawsuit, Ivey claimed the company didn’t tell him Full Tilt executives had been repeatedly warned that they were operating illegally in the United States. Ivey also alleges that Full Tilt failed to maintain sufficient reserve accounts to “satisfy the return of funds to U.S. players.”

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in a Nevada Clark County District Court. In total, he’s seeking more than $150 million in damages.

The full lawsuit can be read here.

On Wednesday evening, Full Tilt Poker fired back with its own statement regarding Ivey’s lawsuit:

“Contrary to his sanctimonious public statements, Phil Ivey’s meritless lawsuit is about helping just one player — himself. In an effort to further enrich himself at the expense of others, Mr. Ivey appears to have timed his lawsuit to thwart pending deals with several parties that would put money back in players’ pockets. In fact, Mr. Ivey has been invited — and has declined — to take actions that could assist the company in these efforts, including paying back a large sum of money he owes the site. Tiltware doubts Mr. Ivey’s frivolous and self-serving lawsuit will ever get to court. But if it does, the company looks forward to presenting facts demonstrating that Mr. Ivey is putting his own narrow financial interests ahead of the players he professes to help.”

This dispute could get very ugly. The reaction from the community so far has been mixed; some believe Ivey is truly aiming to help players get their money back, while others feel that Ivey’s interests are self-serving.

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, a longtime friend of Ivey, spoke with him on the phone after the statement was released and then posted his thoughts on Twitter: “Read Ivey’s statement on not playing the WSOP. Tough spot, but I definitely admire his decision to put the players funds before bracelets.”

Meanwhile, Full Tilt Pro Mike Matusow took a stand against Ivey on Twitter, saying, “Just read this Ivey lawsuit what a big bunch of bull**** from a person that cares only about himself not any players!”

High-stakes cash game player Andrew Robl was in agreement with Matusow. Robl wrote the following on his blog Wednesday: “Phil Ivey’s statement was solely self-serving. He is trying to cover his own ass and unassociate himself with Full Tilt’s current legal situation/non-paying of players. Phil Ivey is one of the primary equity holders of full tilt and has profited off their business more than almost anyone. If he really cared about the players he would pledge to return every cent of the MILLIONS of dollars he’s made from Full Tilt to the players as Tom Dwan (who is not a owner) has done.”

Dwan, who didn’t wear any Full Tilt patches at the WSOP $25,000 Heads-Up Championship this week, posted on Twitter Wednesday evening that he believes “both sides have better intentions than the other realizes.”

Dwan initially said that he felt Ivey’s statement was “awesome” and that he still intends to give back 100% of the money he was paid by Full Tilt Poker if players aren’t paid in full.

It appears this is only the beginning on an ongoing feud. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily as more develops on this story.



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Day 2 of the World Series of Poker didn’t feature the off the felt drama that dominated the opening day as three bracelet events were the feature attractions Wednesday. $25,000 Heads-Up Championship The evening session had several intriguing matches, but the match drawing the most attention featured high-stakes foes Gus Hansen and Tom Dwan [...]

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Old 06-02-2011, 02:02 PM   #3696
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Default The Gloves Are Coming Off: Full Tilt Issues Statement on Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey calmly ate an apple without a care in the world while reading Full Tilt's response to his lawsuit.


Bungling yet another decision, Full Tilt Poker released a statement via Poker News‘ Twitter regarding the Phil Ivey lawsuit.

The statement was later released in full on the Poker News website:
Contrary to his sanctimonious public statements, Phil Ivey’s meritless lawsuit is about helping just one player – himself. In an effort to further enrich himself at the expense of others, Mr. Ivey appears to have timed his lawsuit to thwart pending deals with several parties that would put money back in players’ pockets. In fact, Mr. Ivey has been invited — and has declined — to take actions that could assist the company in these efforts, including paying back a large sum of money he owes the site. Tiltware doubts Mr. Ivey’s frivolous and self-serving lawsuit will ever get to court. But if it does, the company looks forward to presenting facts demonstrating that Mr. Ivey is putting his own narrow financial interests ahead of the players he professes to help.

As with almost every controversy, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. While Ivey’s release yesterday definitely took a self-serving moral high-ground stance, by all accounts, it was also rooted in some of his genuine grounded beliefs surrounding Tilt paying their players back.

And while Full Tilt says that Ivey has been standing in the way of deals to pay players back, well, that’s not exactly true either.

Expect more on that point specificallySUCKINGHOBBITDICKSfrom us tomorrow.

All in all, it feels like Full Tilt is going to get burned to the ground, and its top players–and current (mis)management team–are doing everything they can to pour more gasoline on the flames.

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The final eight are set in the 2011 WSOP $25,000 Heads-Up Championship, headlined by reigning WSOP-E champ Gus Hansen. Card Player TV brings you info on the upcoming matches, including an interview with David Paredes, who is set to play Yevgeniy Timoshenko in the round of eight.

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