Detroit CCC hosts Barclay, Shabazz!
National Master Kayin Barclay taking on 30 students
at the Detroit City Chess Club. All photos by Daaim Shabazz.
Kevin Fite and Sherman Redden, Sr. of the Detroit City Chess Club (DCCC) have invited National Master Kayin Barclay and Dr. Daaim Shabazz of The Chess Drum to the organization’s annual banquet. Last night Barclay gave a 29-board simultaneous exhibition at the Charles H. Wright African-American Museum. The young master faced 30 students from the Detroit area.
The students were looking very sharp and were determined to beat the freshman from Morehouse College. Two were successful and two players held Barclay to a draw for a 26-2-2 score. There were some interesting positions and Barclay wiggled his way out of more than one losing position.
The DCCC will hold their banquet at 6:00pm tonight at the Detroit Yacht Club which sits on Belle Isle, a scenic island on the river between Detroit and Canada. Tickets are $60.00 for adults and $25.00 for children.
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(L-R) Kevin Fite, NM Kayin Barclay, Dr. Daaim Shabazz, Sherman Redden, Sr., Kayeen Kemp
Stay tuned for more photos!!
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Good pics from Detroit. Good to see the kids playing and learning chess.
Wow! Absolutely Amazing!
Brother shabazz,
It was a pleasure and a honor to have you as a part of our Third Annual Banquet Celebration Weekend. Our members are still talking about the event and we are hoping to maintain and stregthen our relationship with and with Young Brother Barclay. Our club has enjoyed more sucess. We have members that have won championships in the Metro Detroit Scholastic Chess League thru their schools in the elementary, middle and high school divisions. Kevin Fite’s Cornerstone and Eagle Creek teams won the city titles in the elementary and middle school divisions and Coach Glen Barnett’s Cass Tech team won the title in the High School division. We also have members that are winners of the State of Mi Scholastic Chess Title. DCCC members have also won State of MI Individual Scholastic Chess Championships. DCCC also won the State of MI Scholastic Chess Club Championships in the elementary, middle and high school divisions. Again, we Thank You for being apart of our celebration. Trust me we shall do it again.
Sherman L. Redden Sr.
Executive Director
Detroit City Chess Club