Brooklyn Castle Screening Event Recap - Dec. 2

Thanks to all of you who joined 9 Queens, SACA, and the Tucson Chess Alliance for our Brooklyn Castle screening event at The Loft!  Over 200 people attended the screening and left feeling inspired by this wonderful documentary!

Special thanks to the following event organizers and volunteers:
9 Queens Founder Jean Hoffman and Board President Vicki Lazaro
Tucson Chess Alliance co-founders, Martha Underwood, Michelle Martinez, and Amanda Mateer 
SACA Board President Troy Oberg, Vice President John Wright, and Treasurer Dan Katzel 
Debi Chess Mabie, Director of Development and Educational Programming at The Loft
Aiya Cancio and Steve Martinez, Event Volunteers

Tucson Chess Alliance co-founders

Thank you to the titled players and coaches who also attended:
IM Mackenzie Molner, WFM Amanda Mateer, WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia, FM Ken Larsen
Coach Josh Leonard, Coach Steve Ostapuk

IM Mac Molner and Coach Josh Leonard playing bug house

Adults and children had a great time with pick up chess games, bug house and playing on the giant chess sets supplied by Mathnasium of the Catalina Foothills and 9 Queens.

After introductions and speeches by Debi Chess Mabie, Martha Underwood and Vicki Lazaro, it was time to start the movie!  Cheers, applause, tears and laughter were heard throughout the movie as we got to know the amazing kids of I.S. 318.

Thank you to all who attended and we hope to see you at another chess event soon!