Black Chess Talent Rochelle Ballantyne Simul in Anacostia this Thursday

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Rochelle Ballantyne, a member of the famed Brooklyn Castle championship scholastic squad and the highest rated black female player in the United States, will conduct a 20-board simultaneous exhibition this Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the THEARC in Anacostia, located at 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. Ballantyne, 17, and headed to Stanford on a full scholarship next fall, is on track to becoming the country’s first female African-American chess master and has already won two U.S. Girls Championship age-group titles. The U.S. Chess Center and the Washington Teachers Union are co-sponsoring the event, which will be held on the first D.C. “Chess in the Schools Day.” Proceeds from the event will help fund the Chess Center’s activities. For more details, call the Center at 202/ 857-4922.

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