Checkmate! Chess Class and Free Play

Grades 3 and Up

Chess class for those who want to learn to play chess and open play for those who already know how to play, but want to challenge themselves by playing others in the chess community.

National Scholastic Chess Foundation Senior Instructor Maurice Thompson drives this series of chess classes for students in grades 3 and up, presented in partnership with the Youth Services Department, the National Scholastic Chess Foundation and the Friends of the African American Research Library and Cultural Center. All ages welcome! Classes held in the Youth Services Program Room, 2nd Floor.

About the African American Research Library and Cultural Center 
The Broward County African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) is located in the Sistrunk community, one of the oldest historically Black communities named for one of Fort Lauderdale’s first Black physicians. Opening to the public on October 26, 2002, AARLCC became the third public library of its kind in the United States dedicated to the study of Black history and culture. The 60,000 square-foot Center serves as a repository of materials related to the local, national, and international voices of the African diaspora with more than 85,000 books, manuscripts, artifacts, framed art, print, photography, audiovisual, and documents held in our Adult Services Section and Special Collections. The Youth Services Section features a special collection of Coretta Scott King Award books and the Ashley Bryan Art Collection from children's book illustrators of African Descent. AARLCC also features a 5,000 sq. ft. museum, a 300-seat state-of-the-art theatre, and a Computer Training Center.

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