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Two
sweet
victories
for
Detroit
City
Chess
Club
DETROIT
- The
Detroit
City
Chess
Club
came
home
with 2
State
Club
Chess
Championships
this
past
weekend
in
Lansing,
MI. DCCC
won 1st
place in
both the
Jr. High
and High
School
sections.
Detroit
City
Chess
Club
consist
of many
schools
from the
Detroit
area.
DCCC
went
against
other
chess
clubs
from
around
the
state
with
multiple
schools
within
their
clubs.
DCCC
started
out very
strong
in the
tournament
with
over 300
players
and held
tightly
the 1st
place
position
throughout
the day.
Deserving
special
recognition
in the
High
School
section
are Cass
Tech’s
9th
graders
Bryan
Wilson,
Micale
Garland
and
Jaidyn
Hamilton;
Renaissance
High
10th
grader
Dorian
Smalley
and 9th
grader
Noah
Winkler
and
University
of
Detroit’s
Jesuit
9th
grader
Lamar
Price.
Deserving
special
recognition
in the
Jr. High
Section
is
University
Prep
Science
and Math
Middle’s
6th
graders
Charisse
Woods,
Maxwell
Motley
and
Nicholas
Burton;
Cooper
Upper
Elementary’s
(Livonia
Public
School)
6th
grader
Eric
Hobson
Jr.
This is
a
special
tournament
for DCCC
because
we can
only
compete
2 times
a year
as a
club.
The next
time
DCCC can
participate
as a
club is
in March
at the
regionals
in
Cincinnati,
OH says
Kevin
Fite
founder
of
Detroit
City
Chess
Club.
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