001[Music] Shake first right yeah let's [Music] go oh me what the how many moves was that I don't know well you going to tell me what happen one two three go [Applause] so first of all I'd like to thank Beth thrs because she has welcomed us and she has created the outreach program like we have never seen and we are so grateful that you have done this thank you very much B and the town officials that are here in the representation I feel at home I'd like to thank our coaches right here is Steven Wier one of the best players in the whole country but more importantly than that cuz we're not just about Chess we're about education and teaching he has created more Chess Masters than anyone else in Massachusetts and what's special is
002as good as he is he has the patience to deal with even a beginner student of Chess that you don't find that so just walking in is a very special guest we started teaching him come up please at the age of four his name is Devon banii he is the national first grade champion of the whole [Applause] country if anyone is brave enough to play him he will play you all but more importantly he will win of course but then he will show you the whole game afterward if you're interested so St what do you love so much about Chess uh what I get to play they just don't play notice he didn't say winning most say winning he just loves the game and there's his mother harini who her and her husband Aon offered
003us a space right down the street that's how we got to ashine if they didn't do that we wouldn't be here thank you very very much and then finally quintens Angela I chose very sharp please come up my wife 36 years you can stay here at De March honey thank you very much this is the blue right there that's all the administrative work she makes us beautiful seriously so we plan to make Ashland the number one chess Center not just in Massachusetts but the country okay work with us let's go people like Jaylen Brown we invite them here who knows he might show up you never know thank you you never know what they's sh on but one day we'll get him we'll get perhaps Judith poar the number one female player ever in Jess
004top 10 in the world at one time uh people like Bobby Fisher Gary CASRO didn't believe it could happen that she ended up beating them too beating everybody and there's the Maurice Ashley room number one first black Grandmaster in the world I believe the best promoter of Chess he's going to get here because his latest mission is to make chess go everywhere in the world especially underrepresented uh town we'll get in here that's going to be a huge draw Mariana said oh we'll have all the pressy if you can himar me she's going to work with us thank you Maran what this place used to be what the the telon building used to be and what it is now and what kind of transformation um we've seen in like the last 10 years or so
005and it's it's it's amazing and uh lawyer it's it's great to meet and I'm telling you most of most of the people here know you know you know the big titles and everything are great big championships are awesome but you know what really jazzes me up of Big Dreams and and big Vision that idea that brings something into the mainstream and uh I can tell just by by talking to you you've got the energy and the drive to in your team uh the team to make it happen uh it was interesting as I was thinking about this morning and and the transformation of this building and I also want to give a thank to Steve binsky because he he he's one of those people who shakes his head but the transformation that has happened in
006this space has been amazing some that we don't even know uh back in the late 80s my husband was helping someone actually install lights for a theat somewhere in this building and and that was his first introduction to Ashlin we've been in town uh about 34 years and it's become our home and I hope that for you and your wife as if you need to have a tip about working with your husband let me my um but it's just great to see you come to Ash and bring what you're offering uh the idea that you are going to make chess available to more people I think is just an amazing now I gr with a brother who played chess so I didn't really play chess cuz I was that compend um but I just think
007it's great I want to congratulate you welcome you to our community you have a what sound like a great team to make this a wonderful place and good luck than so fastic asset to this town and its student population I know it and if you know me I'm always into puns they will never be a pawn or get bored com in right what I have here is a little FL uh it's a certificate of recognition and it it recognizes future chess masses Academy um and it also has a piece of the ribbon that we're going to cut today so I can't welcome you enough even though I don't live in ashin everybody thinks I do but believe me you are in one of the best communities in m i feel it all right good you
008got it yep all right one two three w [Applause]