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Our Man in Madrid
Editor’s note: When Abhinav Suresh reached out to me in June before his trip to Madrid for the Candidates, I was more than happy to connect him to match organizers and have him on-site on behalf of US Chess. I know what a thoughtful and intelligent writer Suresh can be, and I also know his deep love for, and growing strength, in our beloved game.
Over the span of more than a week, “our man in Madrid” witnessed some dramatic chess, talked to players, reporters, and fans, and fed information back to us here in the States for our coverage. He also wrote this wrap-up of his time in Madrid. Consider it your weekend read, and your inspiration to get out and see the world.
For more on what happened at the next stop in Suresh’s European adventure, check out his “My Best Move” contribution to our September issue of Chess Life.
Earlier this month, I left my job in the New York financial world to pursue a new opportunity. While I was apprehensive about moving on, the prospect of a new challenge — a new start, a “day one” — was too much to turn down.
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The playing hall at the 2022 Candidates Tournament
Arriving in Madrid, where I was visiting before beginning my new job, “day one” was really “day three.” After a delayed
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Martin Luther King Jr. born Michael King Jr. was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.
King participated in and led marches for blacks' right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other basic civil rights. King led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and later became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC. As president of the SCLC, he led the unsuccessful Albany Movement in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize some of the nonviolent 1963 protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
The SCLC put into practice the tactics of nonviolent protest with great success by strategically choosing the methods and places in which protests were carried out. There were several dramatic stand-offs with segregationist auth
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