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Article: Orrin 'Checkmate' Hudson's National Tour Goes to Three Pennsylvania School Districts to Inspire Kids to Make the Right Moves ... Heads Up, Pants Up, Grades Up and Never Give Up!
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 16, 2009
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International chess champion, author, and motivational speaker Orrin Hudson is bringing his 50-state motivational chess and life lesson tour to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in order to teach 5,100 students about chess, critical thinking skills, and self-confidence. His goal: to help them realize - before it's too late - that in chess, as in life, every move counts (see also Be Someone).
Hudson, who won top honors at the 2009 37th Annual World Open 10-minute blitz chess championship under 1700, is a nationally recognized advocate for helping at-risk youth. He travels the country teaching children to value KASH - Knowledge, Attitude, Skills and Habits - over cash. ...