We are honored and grateful for the spirit of service demonstrated by our very own talented Photographer Joseph Ridgway who has captured the rich emotional states of mind experienced when players are competing in a chess tournament. These pictures were taken at the St Matthew’s Chess Tournament held at the St Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Hawthorn Woods on September 10th 2011. The entire sale from the food was donated to the cub scouts program and 50% of the money raised from the tournament was donated to the elevator funds for the handicapped visiting the church.
Chess Without Borders continues to inspire and grow “our army of volunteers”. Joseph Ridgway is an accountant and the grandson of Joan and Henry Eickelbergs who have made many things possible through their leadership role at the St Matthew’s Chess Club. It was their dedication to their students that produced National Champions at the National Championships held in Chicago a few years ago. Henry has been an editor for the textbook “Chess! Lessons From a Grandmaster”and Joan has raised funds and poured a great deal of her creative energy into many aspects of the Chess Without Borders programs.
Above is a picture of Rishi Sethi left and Joseph Ridgway on the right. His pictures are available at
https://picasaweb.google.com/joseph.ridgway.ii/ChessTournament2011_0910?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCL-bg7bV-sK8Fw&feat=directlink
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