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Mar 31, 2009
"When you play chess, all your pieces have a clear purpose. Just like in life. You have to make sure you make the right move at the right time." --Ronald Jackson, 15
Playing the Smart Move
On a recent afternoon, Orrin Hudson, a former Alabama state trooper, is teaching chess to 14 students in an after-school program. He uses the ancient game to instill a fundamental life lesson: They will win or lose because of choices they make -- in real life and on the chess board. Hudson, 41, figures he has taught chess to 15,000 kids in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Nevada and Washington state. He knows that what he's pushing won't save every child in the room. But he's hoping chess might rescue one -- the way it did him.
BE THE CHANGE
Teach a child in your life how to play chess.
