Chess Icon Shahade to Speak on Women in Chess

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Two-time U.S. women's chess champion and author of "Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport," Jennifer Shahade will give a lecture titled "Leveling the Chessboard: Women in Competitive Chess" on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. The event, which will be held at Griffin Hall, room 3, on the Williams College campus, is free and open to the public. Following the lecture, Shahade will play 20 simultaneous chess games in Griffin 4. Participants who give her the most challenge will receive signed copies of her book. Those interested in signing up should contact Trevor Murphy at tmurphy@williams.edu. Shahade, a Woman Grand Master who has an FIDE rating of 2322, is considered by some to be the strongest female player ever born and raised in the U.S. In 1998, she became the first female to win the U.S. Junior Open. She then proceeded to win the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 2002 and 2004. Shahade's 2005 book, "Chess Bitch," is a controversial but critically acclaimed investigation of young women in chess today. The book profiles international chess players and explores trends and biases in the game. This Brooklyn-based chess expert is also the web editor in chief for the United States Chess Federation. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications. In 2005, the New York Times carried an op-ed by Shahade, in which she suggests that chess in the U.S. can and should be popularized in a manner similar to the mainstream presentation of poker, a game she also plays competitively. Shahade who holds a B.A. in comparative literature from NYU teaches chess and is involved in performance art.
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Williamstown 'Supersizes' Independence Day with Events Friday, Saturday

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The town is getting a jump on July 4 with a full day and night of activities on Friday to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
 
The three-day holiday weekend begins on Friday at 10 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting at Spring Street’s Images Cinema. The newly renovated movie house will welcome the community to enjoy its new seats and upgraded audio/visual system while watching previews of upcoming films from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
 
At noon, the action shifts to South Williamstown for a full day and night of activities.
 
The Williamstown Historical Museum is hosting a "Family Fun Fest" from noon to 4 with historic tours, music, games, prizes and a reading of the founding documents.
 
The Green Mountain Boys from Vermont are scheduled to do family-friendly drill and musket demonstrations, and the Berkshire Fife and Drum Corps and Flatbed Jazz Band are slated to perform.
 
The day also includes a walking tour of nearby Southlawn Cemetery and a self-guided tour of Williamstown sites that date back to 1776.
 
"Then the action shifts across the street to Waubeeka Golf Links," Select Board member Matthew Neely, a member of the Williamstown 250 organizing committee, told his colleagues at last week’s board meeting.
 
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