Spare Times
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: August 7, 2008
AROUND TOWN
CHESS LECTURE AND COMPETITION, Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the Grandmaster John Fedorowicz at the Chess and Checkers House, in Central Park, south of 65th Street. After the lecture Mr. Fedorowicz will play simultaneous matches with the first 30 registered players with a rating of 1,000 or more. centralparknyc.org. free.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
John is a nice dude.
My rating isn’t 1000 yet. I’ve played for 6 years.