Chess Club
Louise Archer Elementary School has one of the best chess clubs in the country. In the 2009 school year alone, the Louise Archer Chess Club won over 7 trophies and awards. The school won 3rd place in the country in a tournament in spring 2009, and not far behind in another National Chess Competition.
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Famous quotes containing the words chess and/or club:
“I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“I spoke at a woman’s club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, “Well, that sounds very nice, but don’t you think it is better to be the power behind the throne?” I answered that I had not had much experience with thrones, but a woman who has been on a throne, and who is now behind it, seems to prefer to be on the throne.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)