00:16 - ASHLEY LYNN PRE ARI IS THE

00:19 - FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE QUEEN'S

00:21 - GAMBIT CHESS INSTITUTE ASHLEY

00:23 - FULL DISCLOSURE HERE I AM NOT A

00:25 - CHESS PLAYER. I KNOW VERY

00:26 - LITTLE ABOUT IT.

00:28 - SO LET'S START THERE JUST WHAT

00:29 - IS THE OBJECT OF THE GAME.

00:32 - IT WAS A GREAT QUESTION.

00:33 - I MEAN A LOT OF PEOPLE

00:35 - DON'T KNOW CHEST AND THEY'RE

00:36 - JUST

00:36 - REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT IT

00:38 - WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT DOES

00:39 - SO THE OBJECT OF CHESS IS TO

00:41 - QUITE LITERALLY.

00:42 - CHECKMATE THE KINGS SO THE

00:43 - KING AND A SPOT WHERE HE IS

00:45 - STOCK AND HE CAN'T MOVE.

00:47 - SO TELL ME MORE CHECKMATE

00:50 - WHAT THAT MEANS I KNOW THERE'S

00:51 - CHECK AND THEN THERE'S ALSO

00:52 - CHECKMATE AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE

00:54 - THE THE END OF THE GAME

00:55 - CHECKMATE RIGHT TELL ME MORE.

00:58 - YEAH AND SO IT'S IT'S REALLY

00:59 - INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU KNOW

01:01 - PEOPLE HERE THAT THOSE TERMS

01:02 - ALL THE TIME CHECK IN CHECKMATE

01:04 - AND I'VE HAD STUDENTS WHO KNOW

01:05 - WHAT THOSE MEAN, BUT THEY

01:06 - ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO

01:07 - PLAY. CHECK MEANS THAT OUR KING

01:10 - IS UNDER ATTACK SO HE'S BEING

01:12 - THREATENED BY SOME PEACE.

01:14 - CHECKMATE MEANS THAT THE KING

01:16 - IS UNDER ATTACK AND HE CAN'T

01:17 - MOVE AND WE USE ARE PIECES THAT

01:20 - ARE ON THE BOARD COULD BE

01:21 - THE QUEEN. UP ON ALL THE

01:23 - DIFFERENT TYPES OF PIECES TO

01:24 - HELP GET THE KING IN TO CHECK

01:26 - ME.

01:27 - SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A

01:28 - DRAMATIC ELEMENT TO CHEST HERE,

01:30 - YOU JUST SAID THAT THE KING IS

01:31 - UNDER ATTACK.

01:34 - YES, HE USED TO BE THOUGHT OF

01:36 - AS A VERY VIOLENT GAME.

01:38 - THAT IS OF COURSE CHANGE BUT

01:39 - WHEN IT FIRST IT WAS ACTUALLY

01:42 - USE THE SORT OF LIKE A WAR

01:43 - TACTIC PEOPLE WOULD

01:44 - DROP HE SAYS AND THEY WOULD TRY

01:46 - TO STRATEGIZE ABOUT HOW THEY

01:47 - WOULD FIGHT INTO BATTLE.

01:49 - WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THIS

01:50 - GAME ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS DOES

01:52 - IT GO BACK.

01:54 - GOES BACK IT

01:55 - STARTED IN THE 6TH INDIA

02:00 - IT TOOK YEARS FOR IT TO COME TO

02:01 - EUROPE BUT BY THE TIME IT DID

02:03 - COME

02:03 - TO EUROPE. IT BECAME

02:05 - WESTERNIZED AND SO THAT THE

02:07 - GAME WE KNOW TODAY STARTED IN

02:08 - EUROPE AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE

02:10 - THE LIGHT PIECES THAT ARE HE

02:11 - SAYS. YEARS AGO WHEN IT

02:13 - DID FOR START THEY'RE ACTUALLY

02:15 - DIFFERENT TYPES OF PIECES AND

02:16 - THERE WAS NO QUEEN ON THE CHESS

02:17 - BOARD SO IT WAS JUST THE KING

02:19 - AND HIS MEN. BUT NOW WE KNOW

02:20 - THAT WE HAVE A QUEEN AND

02:22 - IT'S BECOME. A BIG PART OF OF

02:24 - CULTURE SO IT'S IT'S CHANGED

02:26 - DRASTICALLY. BUT WHEN IT

02:27 - STARTED AT THE FOCUS WAS ALL ON

02:29 - MEN AND THE KING AND WAR.

02:33 - SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

02:34 - PHRASE QUEEN'S GAMBIT AFTER ALL

02:36 - THAT'S PART OF THE NAME OF YOUR

02:37 - ORGANIZATION SO WHAT IS THE

02:39 - SIGNIFICANCE OF QUEEN'S GAMBIT.

02:43 - YES THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT IN

02:44 - CHESS IS ACTUALLY AN OPENING

02:45 - MOVE AND THE REASON THAT I

02:47 - PICKED IT I'M SURE A LOT OF

02:48 - OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED

02:49 - AROUND WOMEN AND CHEST

02:51 - HAS PICKED THE NAME QUEEN'S

02:53 - GAMBIT IS BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY

02:54 - OPENING THAT REVOLVES AROUND

02:55 - THE QUEEN AND BASICALLY WHAT

02:56 - HAPPENS IS YOU GET YOUR PONDS

02:58 - OUT EARLY ON AND YOUR OPPONENT

03:00 - HAS THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER

03:01 - OR NOT TO CAPTURE.

03:03 - EUROPE ON BACK AND SO IF THEY

03:05 - ACCEPT THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT IS A

03:06 - SACRIFICE THAT HAPPENS EARLY ON

03:08 - IN THE GAME AND THE

03:10 - THE GOAL IS TO GET BACK THAT

03:13 - SACRIFICE LATER ON SO YOU'RE

03:14 - MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN EARLY

03:16 - SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A GREATER

03:17 - ADVANTAGE

03:18 - LATER ON. AND CHEST, SOMETIMES

03:20 - WE THINK OF IT AS LIKE A D COY

03:21 - WHERE WE'RE GETTING RID OF

03:22 - SOMETHING MASK THAT WE CAN HAVE

03:23 - A GREATER GREATER CHANCE LATER

03:25 - ON.

03:26 - CAN YOUR OPPONENTS SEE THE

03:27 - QUEEN'S GAMBIT MOVE COMING AND

03:29 - THEN THEREFORE EXECUTE SOME

03:31 - DEFENSIVE MOVE.

03:34 - YES, SO WHAT TENDS

03:36 - TO

03:36 - HAPPEN IS YOUR OPPONENT HAS THE

03:38 - CHOICE TO EITHER ACCEPTED OR

03:39 - DECLINED IT AND TRUST PLAYERS

03:41 - KNOW ABOUT THINGS CAMPUS SO

03:43 - THEY CAN YOU KNOW HAVE THE

03:44 - CHOICE TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE

03:45 - MOST PEOPLE THE CLIMATE.

03:47 - SO HAVING IT BE EXCEPTED IS A

03:49 - IS A BIG DEAL AND WHEN IT

03:50 - HAPPENS. IT'S VERY RARE.

03:52 - SO HAVE WE IDENTIFIED ALL THE

03:53 - PIECES ON THE BOARD YET SO FAR

03:55 - WE TALK ABOUT THE KING WE

03:56 - TALKED ABOUT THE QUEEN. WE TALK

03:58 - ABOUT PONDS IS THERE ANYTHING

03:59 - ELSE.

04:01 - YEAH SO WE HAVE OUR BISHOPS

04:03 - WHICH THE SHAPE OF GOES BACK TO

04:06 - THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. SO IT

04:07 - LOOKS HAPPEN TO BISHOP WOULD

04:09 - WEAR. AND YOU KNOW THE KING HAS

04:11 - THE CROSS ON THE TOP OF HIS

04:12 - HEAD. SO THAT'S A BIG

04:13 - SIGNIFICANCE

04:14 - AS WELL. BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR

04:16 - NIGHTS WHICH LOOK LIKE HORSES

04:17 - MOST KIDS CALL THEM CALL THEM

04:19 - HORSES, BUT WE CALL THEM NIGHTS

04:21 - AND CHESS WE HAVE OUR ROCK SO

04:24 - WE HAVE QUEENS AND KINGS THE

04:26 - MOST POWERFUL PIECES WE HAVE

04:28 - OUR PONDS OUR RUCKS OUR NIGHTS

04:32 - AND OUR BISHOPS.

04:33 - SO HOW CAN YOU LEARN TO PLAY

04:35 - CHESS BESIDES ACTUALLY SITTING

04:37 - DOWN AND HAVING SOMEBODY

04:39 - SUPERVISE YOU PLAYING THROUGH A

04:41 - GAME OF CHESS.

04:43 - IS THAT THAT'S A GREAT

04:44 - QUESTION AND IT REALLY DEPENDS

04:46 - ON THE STUDENT SO ONE OF THE

04:48 - THINGS THAT WE DO IT QUEEN'S

04:49 - GAMBIT IS THAT

04:49 - WE DO INDIVIDUALIZED CURRICULUM

04:52 - SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON.

04:54 - GETTING THE STUDENT TO FIND

04:56 - WHAT THEIR PASSIONS ARE FINE

04:58 - WITH THEIR INTEREST ARE AND

04:59 - CONNECT THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE

05:00 - TEACHING SO OFTEN TIMES WHEN

05:01 - STUDENTS LEARN CHESS.

05:03 - THEY JUST ENGAGE WITH THE

05:04 - PIECES FIRST WE ASKED THEM

05:05 - ABOUT QUEENS AND KINGS AND WE

05:07 - ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT IS

05:07 - THAT PEACE LOOK LIKE OR WHAT

05:09 - DOES THIS PIECE REMIND YOU LOVE

05:10 - AND THEY SLOWLY GET COMFORTABLE

05:12 - WITH IT.

05:13 - IT DOES TAKE A WHILE IT'S A

05:14 - LONG PROCESS. BUT WHEN WE START

05:16 - OFF JUST ENGAGING THEM IN

05:17 - GETTING THEM EXCITED,

05:18 - THEN THEY CAN LEARN SOME OF THE

05:20 - BASIC RULES CHECK AND CHECK

05:22 - MATE AND THEN IT REALLY JUST

05:24 - TAKES TIME IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW

05:26 - WE THINK AND THAT'S WHAT

05:28 - ATTRACTED ME TO THE GAME WHEN I

05:29 - FIRST STARTED PLAYING WAS IT'S

05:30 - ABOUT HOW WE THINK ABOUT

05:32 - DECISION-MAKING HOW WE THINK

05:33 - ABOUT MOOSE YOU KNOW WE MIGHT

05:35 - PUT UP A CHESS BOARD AND WE

05:37 - HAVE STUDENTS TELL US WHERE

05:39 - WOULD THEY MOVE AND WHY WOULD

05:40 - THEY MOVE THERE AND TALKING

05:42 - ABOUT GOAL

05:42 - SETTING SO IT'S REALLY

05:44 - CONVERSATION BASED AND THAT'S

05:46 - SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS

05:46 - REALLY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS

05:48 - AT YOUNG AGES LEARNED BECAUSE

05:50 - YOU OUR LIFE IS ABOUT IS ABOUT

05:53 - ENGAGING WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN

05:54 - CREATING DIALOGUE. SO

05:55 - IT TAKES A WHILE TO LEARN BUT

05:57 - ONCE YOU GET THE PIECES DOWN

05:58 - THEN YOU CAN SLOWLY BUILD FROM

05:59 - THAT.

06:00 - SO TELL US MORE OF WHAT

06:01 - HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN WHY YOU'RE

06:03 - PLAYING CHESS TRY TO ARTICULATE

06:05 - WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND

06:07 - AS YOU PLAY THIS GAME.

06:09 - IT'S A REALLY AND IT'S REALLY

06:13 - EXCITING INTEREST AND THERE ARE

06:15 - A LOT OF PSYCHOLOGISTS THAT

06:17 - HAVE STUDIED THIS THERE'S A TON

06:18 - OF RESEARCH THAT. I'M HAS

06:20 - HAPPENED ON THE GAME,

06:21 - WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN AND IT

06:23 - REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW OLD YOU

06:24 - ARE, BUT TYPICALLY

06:25 - THE DENDRITES IN YOUR BRAIN

06:27 - EXPAND AS YOU PLAY CHESS.

06:29 - SO THAT'S WHY WOULD PEOPLE

06:31 - CHEST MAKES YOU SMARTER.

06:32 - IT'S BECAUSE IT'S

06:33 - DRAMATICALLY GOING THAT GROWING

06:35 - THE DENDRITES IN YOUR BRAIN

06:36 - IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

06:37 - I IN A CLASS

06:38 - WITH US. SENIORS SO 65 IN UP

06:41 - AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CHESS

06:43 - AND WE WERE PLAYING AND ONE

06:44 - WOMAN SAID YOU KNOW SHE'S LIKE

06:45 - YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE MY HEAD'S

06:46 - EXPANDING AND

06:49 - TEND IT YOU KNOW THAT THAT

06:50 - COULD HAPPEN IT TENDS TO HAPPEN

06:51 - YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE YOU KNOW

06:52 - IT MIGHT BE LIKE THE PLACEBO

06:54 - EFFECT BUT WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN

06:55 - IS THAT CHESS REALLY DOES GROW

06:57 - THE DEN DIRT AND

06:57 - YOUR BRAIN AND IT IS CONNECTED

07:01 - HELPING TO SOLVE ALL TIMERS AND

07:02 - DEMENTIA BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT

07:04 - MEMORY, NOT JUST MEMBERS OF HOW

07:05 - THE PIECES MOVE

07:06 - BUT MEMORY ABOUT WHERE YOU LAST

07:08 - MOVE WHERE YOUR OPPONENT LAST

07:10 - MOVE THAT IDEA OF

07:12 - PROBLEM SOLVING. THE IDEA OF

07:14 - YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THIS SCHOOL

07:16 - HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THERE

07:17 - WHEN THERE'S TONS OF THINGS IN

07:18 - YOUR PATH THAT COULD PREVENT

07:20 - YOU FROM GETTING THERE. SO IT'S

07:21 - REALLY ALL ABOUT.

07:24 - YOU KNOW THE THAT THE PART OF

07:25 - YOUR BRAIN THAT MAKES

07:26 - DECISION-MAKING AND ACTUALLY

07:27 - WHAT WE FOUND THAT SCIENTISTS

07:28 - TO FOUND IS THAT.

07:30 - I NEXT 2 PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN SO

07:32 - WE HAVE THE CREATIVE SIDE OF

07:33 - OUR BRAIN AND WE HAVE THE LOGIC

07:34 - SIDE OF OUR BRAIN

07:35 - AND CHEST AS ONE OF THE FEW

07:36 - GAMES THAT ACTUALLY CONNECTS

07:38 - THOSE THINGS TOGETHER

07:39 - SO STUDENTS CAN BE REALLY

07:40 - CREATIVE BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE

07:42 - VERY LOGICAL AND THOSE THINGS

07:44 - REALLY UNITE WHEN WE PLAY.

07:46 - SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

07:47 - PROBLEM SOLVING THE PROBLEM IS

07:50 - WHAT THE OTHER GUYS GOING TO DO

07:52 - SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU

07:53 - SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING

07:55 - ANTICIPATING WHAT YOUR OPPONENT

07:56 - IS GOING TO DO

07:57 - AND THAT THAT SOUNDS KIND OF

07:58 - TIRING IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE

08:00 - PLAYING BOTH SIDES.

08:02 - EXACTLY AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE

08:03 - TEND TO SAY THAT

08:04 - YOU KNOW ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE

08:06 - CAN PLAY CHESS AND WE KNOW

08:07 - THAT'S NOT

08:08 - TRUE, BUT A LOT OF TIMES

08:10 - STUDENTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO

08:12 - THOSE TYPES OF OF EDUCATIONAL

08:15 - OPPORTUNITIES, SO

08:16 - CHESS IT REALLY TEACHES A

08:18 - UNIQUE SKILL SET IT TEACHES HOW

08:20 - TO BALANCE ALL OF THESE

08:21 - DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE IN

08:22 - YOUR HEAD. AND IT DOES TAKE A

08:24 - WHILE AND IT CAN BE TIRING BUT

08:25 - OF STUDENTS LEARN AT A YOUNG

08:26 - AGE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SO MUCH

08:28 - BETTER AT DOING THAT BY THE

08:29 - TIME THAT THERE

08:30 - 15 BY THE TIME THEY'RE 20 AND

08:32 - BY THE TIME THEY'RE ADULTS

08:33 - THEY'RE GOING

08:33 - TO HAVE

08:34 - REALLY

08:34 - EXERCISE THEIR BRAIN BE ABLE TO

08:37 - TO PROBLEM SOLVE THROUGH VERY

08:38 - VERY QUICKLY. BUT CHESS HAS HAS

08:41 - A LOT OF. REPUTATION BEHIND IT

08:44 - A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY YOU HAVE TO

08:45 - BE SMART TO PLANT WHEN WE KNOW

08:46 - THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S JUST

08:47 - ABOUT TRAINING YOUR BRAIN TO

08:49 - THINK DIFFERENTLY TRAINING YOUR

08:50 - BRAIN TO RESPOND TO SITUATIONS

08:53 - AND TO THINK ABOUT MULTIPLE

08:54 - THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

08:56 - ACTUALLY I WAS LOOKING AT

08:57 - YOUR WEB SITE AND A PHRASE THAT

08:59 - I SAW A RECURRENT COUPLE

09:00 - TIMES WAS CRITICAL THINKING AND

09:02 - THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT YOU RE

09:04 - LEADING INTO JUST A

09:05 - MINUTE AGO AND JUST WHAT IS

09:07 - CRITICAL THINKING FOR SOME

09:08 - PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE ENGAGED IN

09:10 - IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE

09:11 - THEY WERE DOING.

09:13 - EXACTLY AND WE ACTUALLY DON'T

09:15 - USE THAT TERM ENOUGH IN ENOUGH

09:17 - IN AND WORK PLACES. I THINK

09:19 - CRITICAL THINKING IS.

09:21 - LOOKING AT PROBLEMS

09:23 - AND ANALYZING IT IN TERMS OF

09:24 - DIFFERENT WAYS IT'S NOT JUST

09:26 - ABOUT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A

09:27 - PROBLEM AND THEN YOU SOLVE IT.

09:28 - IT'S ABOUT LOOKING AT ALL THE

09:29 - POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ALL OF

09:31 - THE POSSIBLE CHALLENGES AND ALL

09:34 - OF THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS AND

09:35 - REALLY CREATING A MAP FOR

09:36 - YOURSELF AND YOUR HEAD

09:38 - AND IT REALLY DOES CONNECT WITH

09:40 - COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING WHICH

09:41 - IS YOU KNOW LOOKING AT ALL OF

09:43 - THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF

09:44 - THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT AND THENCE

09:46 - TELLING YOURSELF OK. WHAT ARE

09:47 - THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT PLAY

09:48 - HERE AND HOW CAN THEY WORK

09:49 - TOGETHER TO CREATE A COMMON

09:50 - GOAL, SO IT'S USED A LOT IN

09:52 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SO

09:53 - CRITICAL THINKING FOR.

09:55 - FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW

09:57 - THEY COULD BE AT WORK AND THEY

09:58 - COULD BE THINKING ABOUT YOU

10:00 - KNOW WELL WHAT ARE WE GOING TO

10:01 - HAVE FOR DINNER RIGHT THAT

10:02 - COULD BE A BIG QUESTION THAT

10:03 - MANLY'S HALF. SO YOU'RE LIKE I

10:05 - KNOW I HAVE A HUGE FAMILY SO I

10:07 - HAVE I HAVE 3 SIBLINGS AND MY

10:09 - PARENTS RIGHT AND SO

10:10 - EVERY SUNDAY WE HAVE DINNER BUT

10:12 - EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT

10:13 - DIFFERENT LIKES AND PEOPLE LIKE

10:15 - THIS AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT

10:16 - AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT

10:18 - YOU HAVE TO ANALYZE ALL OF THE

10:19 - DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE

10:21 - LIKE AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A

10:22 - DINNER THAT IS GOING TO PLEASE

10:23 - EVERYONE AND IF YOU HAVE A BIG

10:24 - FAMILY SECOND

10:25 - BE DIFFICULT. SO THAT'S

10:27 - CRITICAL THINKING ITSELF,

10:28 - YOU'RE TRYING TO MAP, YOU KNOW

10:29 - WHAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO LIKE

10:30 - AND HOW EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE

10:31 - HAPPY AND HAVE ACHIEVED THE

10:33 - GOAL. OR WE CAN HAVE

10:35 - MORE COMPLEX PROBLEMS. I MEAN

10:36 - EVEN THINKING

10:38 - YOU KNOW IN POLITICS SOMETHING

10:40 - THAT I'M REALLY INTERESTING

10:41 - RIGHT IF WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM

10:42 - WE HAVE YOU KNOW A

10:44 - NATIONAL CRISIS HOW ARE WE

10:45 - GOING TO TRY TO SOLVE THAT

10:47 - WE HAVE COVID HOW ARE WE GOING

10:48 - TO GET STUDENTS BACK IN

10:49 - SCHOOLS, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE

10:51 - BUILDING BLOCKS AND IF STUDENTS

10:53 - LEARN THIS THIS THIS YOUNG

10:55 - THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO

10:56 - SO MUCH EASIER IN THE FUTURE.

10:58 - SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT

10:59 - CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM

11:00 - SOLVING SO CAN YOU TELL ME HOW

11:02 - MY CHEST EFFECT THE WAY A

11:05 - PERSON INTERACTS WITH OTHER

11:07 - PEOPLE AND MAYBE HAVE A

11:08 - SPECIFIC EXAMPLE IN MY.

11:12 - ABSOLUTELY AND IT ALL REALLY

11:13 - HAS TO DO WITH THE SOCIAL

11:15 - EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND

11:17 - THE PAST 10 YEARS. I THINK

11:18 - WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT TERM A

11:20 - LOT MORE BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY HAS

11:21 - INCREASED SO AND I WAS REALLY

11:23 - LITTLE I WAS HOME SCHOOLED FOR

11:25 - THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS OF MY

11:26 - LIFE THEN I WENT TO AN ONLINE

11:28 - SCHOOL AND THEN I WENT YOU KNOW

11:30 - TRADITIONAL SCHOOL IN THE SENSE

11:32 - THAT WE WERE YOU KNOW

11:33 - IN PERSON AND ALL THOSE

11:35 - DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL

11:35 - EXPERIENCES. THEY ALL BROUGHT

11:38 - CHALLENGES AND HOW TO CONNECT

11:39 - PEOPLE. SO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE

11:41 - HOME SCHOOLED IF YOU HAVE

11:42 - SIBLINGS, YOU'RE REALLY ONLY

11:43 - CONNECTING WITH YOUR SIBLINGS

11:45 - DURING THAT TIME WHEN YOU'RE AN

11:46 - ONLINE SCHOOL.

11:47 - YOU DON'T SEE PHYSICALLY SEE

11:49 - YOUR YOUR CLASSMATES IN FRONT

11:51 - OF YOU SAY YOU'RE CONNECTING

11:52 - WITH THEM. BY A CHAT.

11:54 - I BUT WHEN YOU'RE YOU KNOW IN

11:56 - IN THE TRADITIONAL

11:57 - SCHOOL SENSE. YOU ARE

11:59 - CONNECTING WITH THOSE PEOPLE IN

12:00 - PERSON SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO

12:01 - LEARN HOW TO OR AT LEAST I HAD

12:03 - TO LEARN HOW TO

12:04 - YOU KNOW HOW TO CONNECT IN A

12:06 - WIDE VARIETY OF WAYS AND THAT'S

12:08 - REALLY WHAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL

12:09 - HEALTH. THIS IS HOW ARE WE ABLE

12:10 - TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN

12:11 - DIFFERENT WAYS AND CHESS IS

12:13 - GREAT WITH THAT BECAUSE WE

12:15 - MIGHT HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT

12:16 - AND WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE THAT

12:18 - IS 95 YEARS OLD AND SOMEONE

12:20 - ELSE THAT'S 10 YEARS OLD

12:22 - THEY'RE PLAYING ON A CHESSBOARD

12:23 - AND IT'S THIS

12:24 - GENERATIONAL. CONNECTION

12:27 - I WRITE SOMETHING IS BRINGING

12:28 - THEM TOGETHER AND THEY'RE

12:29 - CREATING A DIALOGUE THROUGH

12:31 - CHESS. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT

12:32 - CAN HAPPEN WITH ANY OTHER WITH

12:34 - ANY OTHER TYPE OF GAME AND IT

12:36 - AND THAT'S TRUE TO AN EXTENT,

12:37 - BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT

12:39 - CHESS IS ALL ABOUT THAT PROBLEM

12:41 - SOLVING TECHNIQUE SO IF 2

12:42 - PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO KNOW EACH

12:44 - OTHER OVER A CHESSBOARD THEY'RE

12:45 - NOT ONLY THINKING ABOUT EACH

12:46 - OTHER AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH

12:47 - OTHER, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO

12:48 - SOLVE A COMMON GOAL TOGETHER

12:50 - WE OFTEN TEACH A LOT ABOUT

12:51 - CHESS YOU KNOW A TOOL FOR

12:54 - EMPOWERMENT WE DON'T OFTEN TALK

12:55 - ABOUT YOU KNOW

12:56 - THE END GAME RIGHT, YOU KNOW,

12:58 - EVERYONE TALKS CHESS IS ALL

12:59 - ABOUT WINNING AND FOR SOME

13:01 - PEOPLE YOU KNOW WE DO TEACH

13:02 - THAT AND WE LOVE YOU KNOW

13:03 - STUDENTS LOVE TO WIN. BUT WE

13:04 - ALSO REALLY BIG ABOUT HOW CHESS

13:07 - IS IS BUILDING

13:09 - CONNECTIONS IN COMMUNITIES AND

13:11 - HAVE 2 PEOPLE ARE THINKING

13:12 - TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. SO I

13:13 - THINK IT IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE

13:15 - STUDENTS WHO ARE

13:16 - PRETTY QUIET. CONNECT WITH

13:18 - THEIR PEERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS

13:19 - AND JUST BE ABLE TO HAVE

13:20 - DIALOGUE STA THROUGH CHEST

13:22 - WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING TO

13:23 - SEE.

13:24 - IS THERE A WAY TO IDENTIFY A

13:26 - PERSON WHO MIGHT REALLY BE A

13:28 - GOOD CANDIDATE TO BE AN

13:29 - EXCELLENT CHESS PLAYER IN OTHER

13:30 - WORDS YOU GET TO KNOW THEM YOU

13:32 - TALK TO THEM AND THEN MAYBE IN

13:33 - THE BACK OF YOUR MIND YOU THINK

13:34 - YOU KNOW THIS PERSON MIGHT BE

13:35 - GRADED CHESS.

13:38 - YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT

13:39 - OF WAYS YOU KNOW WHAT I FIND

13:41 - REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT

13:42 - SOMETIMES STUDENTS ARE PLAYING

13:44 - WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE AND YOU CAN

13:45 - JUST START

13:45 - IT OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY

13:47 - HAVE THE PIECES DOWN THEY ARE

13:48 - YOU KNOW LEARNING ABOUT CHECK

13:49 - ME VERY QUICKLY THEY'RE ABLE TO

13:52 - INITIALLY GAME FAST BUT ALSO

13:54 - WITH LIMITED MISTAKES THAT'S

13:57 - RARE BUT WE DO SEE IT HAPPEN.

13:59 - YOU KNOW TODAY, YOU KNOW WHEN

14:00 - I'M YOU KNOW I HAD A CLASS THIS

14:02 - MORNING I WAS TEACHING STUDENTS

14:03 - AND THEIR FEW STUDENTS THAT IT

14:04 - TOOK THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER

14:05 - TO REALLY UNDERSTAND A TOPIC

14:07 - THAT THERE WERE A FEW THAT JUST

14:08 - GOT IT RIGHT AWAY

14:09 - TYPICALLY THE ONES THAT REALLY

14:11 - UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT AWAY ARE

14:12 - ABLE TO THINK FARTHER A LITTLE

14:14 - BIT AHEAD. MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE

14:15 - OF THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES,

14:17 - MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE

14:18 - DONE CRITICAL THINKING GAMES IN

14:20 - THE PAST. BUT

14:21 - OFTEN TIMES THE CAN CALM A

14:23 - NATION OF ACCURACY AND THE

14:25 - COMBINATION OF.

14:28 - JUST BEING ABLE TO TO RESPOND

14:30 - TO THINGS QUICKLY WE CAN TELL

14:32 - IF SOMEONE'S REALLY GOOD CHESS

14:33 - PLAYER AND I THINK IN THE PAST

14:34 - YOU KNOW WITH

14:35 - WITH AMAZING CHESS PLAYERS.

14:36 - WE THINK ABOUT THE FISHER

14:37 - GARRY KASPAROV ALL INDIVIDUAL

14:40 - STARTED YOUNG AND THEY PROGRESS

14:42 - VERY QUICKLY.

14:43 - ACTUALLY LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT

14:45 - YOUR ORGANIZATION THE QUEEN'S

14:47 - GAMBIT.

14:48 - INSTITUTE AND JUST HOW IS IT

14:49 - STRUCTURED AND WHAT ARE ITS

14:51 - GOALS.

14:53 - SO WE STARTED BACK IN

14:55 - 2014 AND WHEN WE STARTED THE

14:58 - GOAL WAS REALLY ABOUT HOW

14:59 - DO WE EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE

15:01 - THROUGH CHEST. SO HOW DO WE GET

15:03 - CHESS IN EVERY CLASSROOM AND

15:05 - EVERY COMMUNITY CENTER HOW DO

15:06 - WE ENGAGED YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH

15:08 - THE GAME.

15:08 - WHAT WE FIND IS THAT CHESS IS

15:10 - NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT USE

15:11 - OFTEN SEE AN AFTER-SCHOOL

15:13 - ACTIVITY IT IS IT IS UNIQUE AND

15:15 - IT'S RARE

15:16 - AND WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I

15:17 - MEAN THAT'S THAT WAS OUR MAIN

15:18 - ACTIVITY THAT'S WHAT WE DID AND

15:20 - SO I WANT TO GET PEOPLE TO BE

15:21 - ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT

15:23 - QUICKLY AND TO BE ABLE TO

15:24 - EXPERIENCE THAT IN IN NEW WAYS

15:26 - AND SO WE STARTED PARTNERING

15:28 - WITH LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS AND

15:30 - WE REALLY DID SEE

15:31 - AN INTEREST. BUT IT WASN'T

15:33 - UNTIL I WOULD SAY ABOUT 2017

15:36 - THAT OUR MISSION REALLY

15:37 - SHIFTED. SO I'M A FEMALE CHESS

15:40 - PLAYER. CHESS IS A VERY HEAVILY

15:42 - IN WHITE MALE DOMINATED GAME.

15:44 - IT CONTINUES TO BE THAT WAY AND

15:46 - THERE'S TONS OF DIVIDES IN

15:47 - THE GAME. YOU KNOW OUT OF ALL

15:49 - OF THE CHEST, FEMA, CHESS

15:50 - PLAYERS UP THERE ARE.

15:53 - YOU KNOW ONLY A FEW ARE OUR

15:54 - GRAND MASTERS AND BECAUSE

15:55 - THERE'S SO MANY BARRIERS AND AN

15:57 - ACCESS ISSUES AND SO I KNEW

15:59 - THAT THIS ORGANIZATION NEEDED

16:00 - TO BE DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING

16:02 - WOMEN

16:03 - AND GIRLS AND THOSE IN

16:05 - UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN SOME

16:07 - WAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS

16:09 - GROWING UP AND I HAD CHESS

16:10 - LESSONS IT WOULD BE REALLY

16:11 - EXPENSIVE AND THAT'S JUST NOT

16:13 - SUSTAINABLE. IT'S VERY HARD FOR

16:15 - YOUNG PEOPLE. WHO ARE BALANCING

16:17 - ALL THESE OTHER PARTS OF THEIR

16:18 - LIVES TO HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE SO

16:20 - MUCH FOR FOR JUST A

16:21 - HALF-AN-HOUR

16:22 - CHESS LAWSON SO WHAT WE DO IS

16:25 - WE PROVIDE FREE CHESS LESSONS

16:26 - TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE

16:28 - FOUNDATION SUPPORTING DONOR

16:30 - SUPPORT TO HELP KEEPING US

16:31 - GOING. AND WE HAVE AFTER SCHOOL

16:33 - PROGRAMS YOU KNOW DURING COVID

16:35 - WE'VE SHIFTED TO VIRTUAL

16:37 - LEARNING WHICH

16:38 - A REALLY EXPERIENCE IN ITSELF

16:41 - AND ALL ABOUT YOU KNOW CHEST

16:43 - VIRTUAL WHAT THAT MEANS IT'S A

16:45 - BIG DEBATE IN THE CHESS WORLD

16:46 - RIGHT NOW ABOUT VIRTUAL CHESS

16:48 - BUT ALL RIGHT ALL WE'RE ALL

16:49 - ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS ARE ALL

16:51 - ABOUT CONNECTING AND I THINK

16:52 - THAT'S AT THE HEART OF CHESS IS

16:54 - PARTNERSHIPS IN CONNECTION

16:55 - BUILDING. YOU KNOW WE'VE WE'VE

16:58 - REALLY EXPANDED WE HAVE STUDENT

17:00 - INSTRUCTORS

17:00 - WE HAVE GRANDMASTER AND

17:02 - RESIDENTS WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF

17:04 - PROGRAMS AND WE TRY TO BE

17:06 - AN EDUCATIONAL

17:09 - IN THE REGION THAT IS

17:09 - PARTNERING WITH OTHER BIG

17:11 - ORGANIZATIONS I THINK WHEN WE

17:12 - STARTED THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT

17:14 - LIKE WE WERE JUST A CHESS CLUB

17:16 - ARE WE WERE JUST A GROUP OF

17:17 - PEOPLE WHO ARE INTO CHEST.

17:19 - BUT NOW WE'VE REALLY MADE A

17:20 - NAME FOR OURSELVES WHERE WE ARE

17:22 - GROUNDED IN EMPOWERING YOUNG

17:24 - PEOPLE AND REALLY IN

17:25 - HAND SAYING THE EDUCATIONAL

17:28 - EXPERIENCES THAT CAN THAT CAN

17:29 - HAPPEN HERE IN THE CITY

17:30 - OF PITTSBURGH.

17:31 - SO YOU SAID YOU GIVE FREE

17:33 - CHESS LESSONS DO YOU HAVE

17:34 - COMPETITION THAT ORNAMENTS AS

17:36 - WELL.

17:37 - YES WE DO AND YOU KNOW THAT'S

17:39 - BEEN MORE DIFFICULT OF COURSE

17:40 - THIS WITH THERE'S ONLINE

17:43 - TOURNAMENTS BUT.

17:43 - WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF

17:45 - TOURNAMENTS EVERY YEAR YOU KNOW

17:46 - OCTOBER FIRST THROUGH A

17:47 - DISTRESS BEACON PITTSBURGH.

17:49 - THAT WAS SPONSORED BY FORMER

17:50 - COUNCIL MEMBER DAN GILMAN SO HE

17:52 - SPONSORED THAT AND WE'RE VERY

17:53 - THANKFUL THAT HE DID

17:54 - AND THEN A FEW YEARS AGO BECAME

17:56 - CHESS WEEK IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY

17:58 - SPONSORED COUNCIL MEMBER TOM

18:00 - BAKER SO WE HAVE A LOT OF

18:02 - DIFFERENT THINGS AT PLAY HERE

18:03 - AND THERE ARE TONS OF EVENTS

18:06 - THAT STUDENTS CAN GO TO ONE OF

18:07 - MY FAVORITES THOUGH

18:08 - IS JUNE FIRST EVERY YEAR

18:10 - BECAUSE THAT'S THE DATE THAT WE

18:11 - WERE FOUNDED.

18:12 - WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A

18:13 - PITTSBURGH CHEST CONFERENCE AND

18:15 - IT'S WHEN STUDENTS ARE ALL

18:16 - DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHOOLS COME

18:17 - TOGETHER AND THEY COMPETE

18:18 - AND IT'S ALWAYS A BIG DEAL

18:20 - BECAUSE WHICH STUDENT FROM

18:21 - WHICH SCHOOL WILL WIN

18:23 - AND YOU KNOW THIS PAST YEAR WE

18:24 - HAD TO HAVE A VIRTUAL IT WAS A

18:26 - VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE I

18:27 - MISSED HAVING STUDENTS

18:28 - IN PERSON, BUT IT WAS A REALLY

18:31 - A GREAT EXPERIENCE

18:32 - TO SEE STUDENTS IN ONE SPOT

18:34 - PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN

18:36 - THOSE ARE STUDENTS THAT MIGHT

18:37 - NOT HAVE MET. YOU KNOW IF WE

18:38 - DIDN'T BRING THEM TOGETHER.

18:40 - ASHLEY HOW DO YOU GET YOUNG

18:41 - PEOPLE INTERESTED IN CHEST

18:43 - CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF

18:44 - COMPETITION

18:44 - FOR THERE TIMES THESE DAYS THEY

18:46 - CAN PASS THE TIME USE

18:47 - THEMSELVES IN MYRIAD WAYS.

18:51 - IT'S ABOUT HOW WE FRAME IT.

18:54 - TOO OFTEN CHESS IS FRAMED AS

18:55 - THIS VERY COMPETITIVE INTENSE

18:57 - GAME. IT DOESN'T HAVE

18:58 - TO BE.

18:59 - WHAT I FIND IS THAT STUDENTS

19:01 - WANT TO LEARN IT BECAUSE THEY

19:02 - THINK IT'S FUN AND AT THE VERY

19:03 - CORE CHESS IS FUN.

19:05 - IT'S A FUN AND ENGAGING GAME.

19:06 - IT'S A GAME THAT A LOT OF

19:08 - PEOPLE CAN CAN LEARN AND THEY

19:09 - CAN PLAY WITH THEM TO DIFFERENT

19:10 - PEOPLE IT'S COMMUNITY BUILDER

19:12 - SO I THINK APPROACHING IT AS A

19:14 - FUN GAME, BUT THAT ALSO BUILDS

19:15 - DIFFERENT SKILL SETS SO CAREER

19:18 - READINESS

19:18 - COLLEGE READINESS. YOU KNOW

19:20 - WHEN YOU PLAY CHESS, YOU ARE

19:22 - HELPING YOURSELF WITH CRITICAL

19:23 - THINKING IN A CHESS ALSO TIES

19:25 - TO HIGHER MATH SCORES IN TESTS

19:26 - COURSE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER

19:28 - COMPONENT THAT GET STUDENTS AND

19:30 - THEIR PARENTS INTERESTED.

19:32 - BUT I THINK GOING BACK TO ITS

19:33 - ROOTS IN JUST SAYING YOU KNOW

19:34 - THIS IS A REALLY FUN GAME THAT

19:36 - PEOPLE CAN ENGAGE IN. YOU KNOW

19:38 - THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT REALLY

19:40 - WANT TO GO THE COMPETITION

19:41 - RIGHT AND WE SUPPORT THAT

19:42 - BUT I THINK OUR MAIN GOAL IS IS

19:44 - TO HAVE IT BE A CONNECTOR AND

19:46 - TO GIFTS KIDS REALLY REALLY

19:48 - GREAT SKILLS. BUT IN A FUN WAY,

19:50 - SO THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW, JUST

19:52 - YOU KNOW I I ALWAYS

19:53 - DIDN'T LIKE MASS GROWING UP A

19:54 - HEATED SOLVING MATH PROBLEMS

19:56 - CHEST WAS ONE OF THE THINGS

19:57 - THAT I DID

19:59 - TO HELP ME WITH MY MATH SKILLS

20:00 - BECAUSE IT WAS A FUN WAY TO DO

20:02 - IT SO I THINK REALLY REALLY

20:03 - GOING BACK TO HOW IT'S A FUN,

20:05 - ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL GAME.

20:07 - SO TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR

20:08 - PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ASHLEY IS A

20:10 - CHESS PLAYER. I UNDERSTAND YOU

20:11 - STARTED EXTREMELY ON THE AGE OF

20:13 - 4.

20:15 - I STARTED VERY

20:16 - VERY YOUNG I HAD THE GREAT

20:19 - OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AT MY

20:21 - SIBLING, SO I HAVE

20:22 - 3 SIBLINGS. THEY'RE ALL CHESS

20:24 - PLAYERS AND I JUST WATCHING MY

20:27 - BROTHERS PLAY MY SISTER NEVER A

20:28 - LITTLE UPSET BECAUSE OUR

20:29 - BROTHERS LEARN HOW TO PLAY

20:30 - FIRST. GRANITE THEY WERE OLDER,

20:33 - BUT I SEE THIS A LOT IN

20:34 - FAMILIES WHERE. THEY TEND TO

20:36 - LEARN CHESS. THUS THE BOYS TEND

20:39 - TO LEARN CHESS FIRST BECAUSE

20:41 - THE PARENT ASSUMES THAT THE BOY

20:42 - WANTS TO LEARN CHEST AND THE

20:43 - GIRL DOESN'T SO I HAVE A LOT OF

20:45 - FAMILIES WHERE THE

20:46 - BOYS LEARNED THE SISTERS ARE

20:47 - SORT OF PUSHED TO THE SIDE.

20:49 - BUT MY SISTER AND I WANTED TO

20:50 - LEARN AND SO WE JUST WATCHED

20:52 - OUR BROTHERS

20:53 - I ACTUALLY PLAYED MY DAD, THE

20:55 - FIRST TIME AND I WANTED IT WAS

20:56 - THE FIRST TIME EVER PLAY CHESS

20:57 - BEFORE. AND I HAD NO FORMAL

20:59 - LESSON, BUT I HAD JUST WATCH

21:02 - MY BROTHERS PLAY THAT REALLY

21:03 - SHOWS THE POWER OF CHESS OF I

21:05 - AS A 4 YEAR-OLD COULD BE ABLE

21:07 - TO SEE HOW THEY WERE MOVING

21:08 - THEIR PIECES AND SAY OH THAT'S

21:10 - HOW THAT PEACE SAID THAT PEACE

21:12 - MOVES AND THEN BE ABLE TO

21:14 - ACTUALLY PLAY THAT WAS A REALLY

21:16 - REALLY FUN AND SPECIAL SPECIAL

21:20 - MY SIBLINGS AND I WENT TO

21:21 - TOURNAMENTS TOGETHER.

21:23 - EVERY WEEKEND IT WAS IT WAS A

21:24 - GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I WANTED

21:26 - TO TO GIVE THAT BACK.

21:28 - I HAD A WONDERFUL CHESS COACH

21:31 - YOU KNOW IS HE MISTER MYERS, HE

21:35 - WAS OUR CHEST COACH, HE WAS AN

21:37 - AMAZING TEACHER

21:38 - AND HE REALLY INSTILLED IN US

21:39 - THIS IDEA OF WORKING AT YOUR

21:41 - BRAIN HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO

21:42 - ASK IF YOU LOST TODAY, YOU

21:44 - ALWAYS NEED TO REMEMBER YOU

21:45 - GAVE YOUR BRAIN A WORKOUT AND

21:47 - WE DON'T GIVE OUR BRAINS

21:48 - WORKOUTS ENOUGH. SO IT WAS A

21:51 - GREAT BUT AS A WOMAN CHESS

21:53 - PLAYER. IT WAS HARD.

21:55 - WHEN MY SISTER NEVER GOOD

21:56 - TOURNAMENTS THEY'RE PROBABLY BE

21:58 - AROUND 300 PEOPLE THERE AND MY

22:00 - SISTER AND I WOULD BE THE ONLY

22:02 - THE ONLY PEOPLE THE ONLY FEMALE

22:04 - CHESS PLAYERS THERE AND THAT'S

22:05 - REALLY HARD WE DON'T SEE ANYONE

22:06 - THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU

22:07 - AND YOU'RE IN A SETTING THAT IS

22:09 - SO COMPETITION BASED.

22:11 - IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE

22:12 - TO REPRESENT ALL YOUNG WOMEN

22:15 - YET THEY REPRESENT ALL THE

22:17 - YOUNG WOMEN IN THAT COMMUNITY

22:19 - BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T OR IF YOU

22:20 - IF YOU DO POORLY THAT'S GOING

22:22 - TO LOOK BAD ON WHAT YOU'RE

22:24 - REPRESENTING. SO IT WAS HARD

22:25 - FOR US AND SO I KNEW THAT WE

22:27 - NEEDED TO START AN ORGANIZATION

22:29 - THAT'S ALL ABOUT

22:29 - FEMALE EMPOWERMENT.

22:31 - ACTUALLY HAVE YOU PASSED DOWN

22:33 - YOUR EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS

22:36 - HAVE YOU DONE ANY WRITING FOR

22:37 - INSTANCE.

22:39 - YEAH I HAVE SO

22:40 - I PUBLISHED A BOOK IN MARCH

22:43 - LAST YEAR DURING DURING THE

22:44 - PANDEMIC I

22:45 - FEEL LIKE EVERYONE TRIED

22:46 - SOMETHING NEW AT HOME, YOU KNOW

22:48 - EVERYONE DID TICK TOCK EVERYONE

22:49 - DID ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES

22:50 - OF THINGS AND AND I SAT DOWN

22:51 - AND SAID YOU KNOW I FINALLY

22:52 - WANT TO READ A BOOK ABOUT CHEST

22:54 - AND IT'S CALLED LEST LET'S

22:55 - LEARN A GIRL'S GUIDE TO

22:58 - LEARNING THE GAME. IT

22:59 - IT'S ONE OF THE FEW BOOKS THAT

23:01 - IS WRITTEN BY AND FOR

23:03 - YOUNG WOMEN, A LOT OF CHESS

23:05 - BOOKS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE

23:06 - WRITTEN BY MEN

23:07 - AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE

23:08 - READING A BOOK AND YOU'RE LIKE

23:09 - WAIT WHO'S THE AUTHOR

23:11 - IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T SEE

23:12 - YOURSELF AND THAT PERSON THEN

23:13 - IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FUN TO

23:14 - LEARN SO WE YOU KNOW I I WROTE

23:17 - THAT BOOK IT'S IT'S IT'S

23:18 - PUBLISHED WE USE IN OUR

23:19 - CURRICULUM AND AND WE ALSO HAVE

23:21 - A VERY ROBUST

23:22 - CURRICULUM SO YOU KNOW IF

23:24 - SOMEONE REACHES OUT TO US AND

23:25 - SAYS YOU KNOW WE HAVE A STUDENT

23:27 - THAT'S AT THIS LEVEL WHAT DO

23:28 - YOU RECOMMEND. WE SEND THEM

23:30 - 10'S OF ARE REALLY REALLY

23:32 - TRYING TO BUILD THAT

23:32 - UP BECAUSE CHEST CAN BE BONE TO

23:35 - CURRICULUM AND IT CAN BE BUILT

23:36 - INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO IF

23:38 - WE HAVE SOMETHING TO FOLLOW.

23:39 - IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT EASIER

23:40 - FOR FAMILIES TO DO

23:41 - THE SAME.

23:42 - ASHLEY AS WE'RE RECORDING

23:43 - THIS SHOW THERE IS A PROGRAM ON

23:45 - NETFLIX CALLED QUEEN'S GAMBIT

23:47 - IN THE

23:48 - STANDOUT CHESS HAVE YOU SEEN

23:50 - THAT SHOW AND IF SO HOW DO YOU

23:52 - FEEL ABOUT IT.

23:54 - I HAVE

23:55 - SEEN IT AND I FEEL LIKE YOU

23:56 - KNOW IT WAS IT WAS ONE OF THOSE

23:57 - THINGS BEFORE CHRISTMAS THAT

23:59 - WAS JUST THIS HUGE DEAL

24:00 - EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT IT AND

24:02 - CHESS REALLY WENT THROUGH A

24:03 - REVIVAL THROUGH THAT I THINK

24:05 - DURING COVID CHEST WENT THROUGH

24:06 - A REVIVAL THESE PEOPLE ARE

24:07 - PLAYING ONLINE. YOU KNOW I I I

24:11 - REALLY DID ENJOY THE SHOW I

24:12 - ENJOYED THE SHOW BASED OFF OF

24:14 - YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS YOU KNOW

24:15 - YOU HAVE A FEMALE CHESS PLAYER

24:17 - PLAYING COMPETING AND

24:19 - IT'S HER WHOLE STORY SO IT WAS

24:21 - REALLY EXCITING TO SEE A

24:22 - FEMALE LEAD. CHESS PROGRAM AND

24:25 - COMPARED TO OTHER MOVIES AND TV

24:27 - SHOWS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE

24:28 - AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH IT

24:29 - REALLY DIDN'T SHOW IT WAS LIKE

24:30 - TO BE A WOMAN IN CHESS THAT WAS

24:32 - ONE OF MY MAIN. I MEAN THE

24:34 - ISSUES WITH THAT

24:35 - YOU KNOW BETH HARMON, THE LEAD

24:37 - IN THE SHOW GET SO MUCH SUPPORT

24:38 - FROM HER MALE PEERS. BUT WHEN

24:41 - YOU'RE PLAYING IN A TOURNAMENT.

24:42 - NO GUYS GOING TO KISS

24:44 - YOUR HAND PRAISE YOU FOR BEING

24:46 - A GREAT CHESS PLAYER

24:48 - BASED ON MY EXPERIENCES,

24:50 - THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO THROW

24:50 - THE BOARD IN YOUR FACE AND CALL

24:52 - YOU SOMETHING OR NOT EVEN WANT

24:53 - TO TALK TO YOU AT ALL. ONE OF

24:55 - MY MENTORS IN THE GAME, SUSAN

24:57 - POLGAR.

24:58 - I HAD VERY VERY DIFFICULT

25:00 - EXPERIENCES WHEN SHE WAS

25:01 - PLAYING SHE WENT THROUGH SEXUAL

25:04 - ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT AT CHESS

25:07 - BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN PLAYING

25:08 - AND YOU KNOW THE THE 1970'S AND

25:10 - 80'S SO IT WAS VERY HARD FOR

25:12 - HER AND I THINK THAT WHAT

25:14 - NETFLIX COULD HAVE DONE OR WHAT

25:15 - WHAT THE PRODUCER OF THE SHOW

25:16 - COULD HAVE DONE THAT REALLY

25:17 - SHOW THE HARSH REALITIES OF

25:19 - BEING A WOMAN CHESS PLAYER IN

25:20 - THE

25:20 - 1960'S. THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF

25:23 - WOMEN'S REALLY STARTED TO TO

25:25 - GET INVOLVED IN THE GAME

25:26 - AND I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE

25:27 - SHOWED MORE THE REALITY OF IT

25:29 - BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE A

25:30 - FALSE SENSE

25:31 - OF SECURITY THAT YOU KNOW YOU

25:33 - GO INTO THE CHESS WORLD.

25:34 - IT'S EVERYONE'S GOING TO

25:35 - SUPPORT YOU IT'S GOTTEN BETTER,

25:36 - BUT WE'RE NOT ALL THERE YET.

25:38 - AND THE OTHER THING

25:39 - I WAS SORT OF FRUSTRATED ME WAS

25:41 - THAT PEOPLE ESPECIALLY MEN THAT

25:43 - I WOULD TALK WITH US

25:44 - ABOUT SHOW WOULD ALWAYS BEST

25:47 - WAS ONLY GOOD AT CHESS

25:48 - BECAUSE SHE DID THAT WAS A BIG

25:51 - PART OF THE SHOW

25:52 - AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT THE

25:54 - CASE YOU KNOW SHE WAS SUCH A

25:56 - TALENTED CHESS PLAYER BECAUSE

25:58 - HER MIND WAS ABLE TO SOLVE

26:00 - PROBLEMS QUICKLY. YOU KNOW THE

26:02 - WHOLE OTHER ELEMENT OF HER

26:03 - STORY WITH HER DRUG ISSUES AND

26:05 - HER RELATIONSHIP ISSUES THAT

26:06 - SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT.

26:08 - SO I WISH THAT PEOPLE WOULD

26:09 - HAVE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW HER

26:11 - OWN ABILITY AND HER OWN SKILL

26:13 - SET. AT THE

26:14 - SAME TIME. I

26:16 - LOVE THE FASHION GRANITE YOU'RE

26:18 - NOT GOING TO A CHESS TOURNAMENT

26:20 - VERY NICE DRESSES AND HIGH HEEL

26:22 - SHOES AS YOU'RE GOING TO BE

26:23 - SITTING HOURS ON END. BUT IT

26:25 - WAS THE OVERALL I DID THAT IT

26:28 - REVIEWED PEOPLE'S INTEREST, BUT

26:29 - I DO HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT

26:31 - IT IT WASN'T PERFECT AND I

26:32 - THINK UNTIL WE HAVE A SHOW THAT

26:34 - REPRESENTS ALL PEOPLE'S

26:36 - EXPERIENCES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S

26:39 - THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO SHOOT

26:40 - FOR. ASHLEY WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT

26:42 - A MINUTE OR SO LEFT OF SOMEONE

26:43 - HAS THE DESIRE.

26:45 - TO LEARN THE GAME OF CHESS

26:46 - WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO

26:47 - PROCEED.

26:50 - JUST YOU KNOW YOU CAN REACH

26:51 - OUT TO AT QUEEN'S GAMBIT OR IF

26:54 - YOU REALLY JUST WANT TO DIVE IN

26:55 - THERE ARE TONS OF GREAT SITES

26:56 - OUT THERE CONCH

26:58 - S KIDD THEY'RE GREAT RESOURCES

27:00 - AND JUST LEARNING THE PIECES IS

27:02 - THE BIGGEST HURDLE.

27:03 - SO IF YOU LEARN HOW THE AND YOU

27:05 - FIND THOSE RESOURCES YOU'RE

27:07 - GOING TO GET HOOKED ON THE GAME

27:08 - AND BE REALLY EXCITED

27:09 - TO PLAY.

27:10 - ASHLEY LYNN PRIORE IS THE

27:12 - FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE QUEEN'S

27:14 - GAMBIT CHESS INSTITUTE THANKS

27:16 - FOR YOUR TIME.