The Chess Master
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chapter four. You're too young to Aisha. It's dangerous to go over to the university. Sorry sweetheart. But mama I could bike. Mama looked really worried. Maybe Jerome can come with me? No the streets are too dangerous and is slowing a little just now. She peeked out the window after. I see what father frank wants. I'll drive you to Rutgers. She and mama could have fun at Rutgers because the people knew them. And daddy had his picture there. Can we put some roses next to daddy's picture? I don't think the roses are blooming yet. Can you cut a few flowers if there are any mama leaned over the kitchen sink to see out the smudgy window. Mama did try to clean it but the smears must be inside the glass looks like we have one or two roses scrawny but okay put on your coat and leather gloves because of the thorns. But Tyisha Claire and mama drove down third street, turned on federal and parked across from the classy, classy forest story nursing and science building and behind us to the tall city hall they see a man named Oliver Claire had to come along because she had a half day in kindergarten so hand in hand in hand. They crossed over and carefully looking always for the train. Anyways you never know when the train could come zipping along. What is rutger? Mommy Claire asked, tugging on mama's pink blouse. It's a who? Henry Rutgers was a revolutionary war hero. Tyisha said what is revolutionary Mama put her finger to her mouth so Tyisha could quite a little since Claire had asked mama he was a soldier dear. What's a soldier like Jerome's Army Fighters? Teixeira said but mama didn't teach her this time because she knew some stuff about Camden's famous people and Jerome's toys. Oh they walked into a two story high all windows hall. A man stood in front of a big orange half moon shaped sofa. Tall around with black and white curly hair and the biggest smile as he spread his arms he ran to mama and hugged her marjorie. We all miss you and both of you? A big smile popped out again. I'm Harold Oliver and who are you? He asked Claire. I'm Claire and this is my sister. Tyisha spelled T. A. Y. S. H. I. A. You are a very good speller. He shook Tyisha and Claire's hands, showing all sparkling eyes. He must have known daddy to. Are you a professor? That's why you should ask. Yes I worked with your dad in the psychology department. Aisha a great man. He looked up what can I do for you all? What is sociology later dear. I asked father frank at holy name to give to Aisha an I. Q. Test something. The diocese doesn't do. But he made an exception. Tyisha is a rare genius with an I. Q. Too high to measure. She always wins that chest during the pandemic? That's all she and still does. Even though restrictions have been mostly lifted. How many covid geniuses are there waiting to give back. He kneeled and took to Aisha's hand like her dad a driven man and a great chess player. Yes, I beat my daddy once in a little while sometimes and I promise I will be a professor someday too. But daddy probably let her win beating your dad, wow. We do have a chess club but only for students. I can pass any test. I understand algebra, I could be a college student here squatting still to see her and her sister. He looked up at mama. Quite exceptional marjorie. Maybe there is a way many, many years ago grandmaster and almost world champion Sammy radyshevsky gave simultaneous exhibitions and he was your age to Aisha. I can arrange a saturday no better. A sunday afternoon If I can find around 10 good players. Would that work for you? Do I get a rating like father frank has no child, no exhibitions are rated all these sanctions tournaments and matches. Is that okay? Sanctions? I'll look it up later. Yes, it'll be fun. 10 is a very good number. It fits in my head. I can play them all blindfolded like George colton on ski and someday I'll be even better than grandmaster Rusevski. First time child I think you should play with your eyes open because people don't know you yet. Okay. Tasia powder just a little Sure it would be fun mama can I go to Rutgers now I want to be a psychology person mama put her hands on her face was shining like the sun. A tear fell. You glide through every subject in school. Yes all the A's. But I want you to love reading writing and arithmetic and every subject as much as you do chess. Okay. Sorry mama, she got it. She had to be less stupid to go to college. She liked reading, writing and arithmetic. Although every lesson was so slow adding some algebra, geography, all that stuff. But why take an hour when a minute worked for her. She'd fill her head with online encyclopedias. Wikipedia's google searches and hoped there'd be more room for more chess books. She didn't want to go to Holy name anymore. She wants to be where daddy works. They said goodbye. Can we see the big dog clear as outside mama drove down to Market Street and pulled into a parking lot across from the famous sitting dog with black ears and a white body sticking high up over a six story building and listening to an old type phonograph mama. Why is the doggy up there? And why do they call him? Nipper Claire asked all the kids love the dog, even the gangs, potheads and pumps. Nipper remained the one thing about Campton. Well maybe the peter pan sculpture. Well maybe the river with poorly made rafts that the police hated or the bridge, which was just noisy. Well, pretty too. Then came Rutgers. Way back at the beginning of the 20th century. That's many years ago. The radio Corporation of America used Nipper to sell us new gramophones or phonographs. They said the sound was so good that the dog Nipper could listen to his master's voice. That's why you see Nipper listening. What's a form a graph? It plays music like Alexa does, wow. Why is the dark name Nipper? He was a playful dog who'd like to nip? Not too hard did it hurt? No, sweetie. Would you two like to see him real close? Could we? Tasia asked mama said yes. And instead of going up high into the nipper building, she went back to Rutgers. They entered the stedman Gallery and they're on the other side of the red rope and flat on the floor like a shiny and giant glass pancake lie nipper but not sleeping. It filled half the room. Maybe she would become an artist and make beautiful things like a humongous chess set, which could be something else to help people remember camping. She'd put it at the riverfront. So that Philadelphians could see it does Rutgers teach art mama mama said yes and they headed home at bedtime with the lights out. Tasia dreamed of being a professor at Rutgers. She takes her students on a tour of her giant chess set. One bad boy student hopped on a raft and floated out where he had to be rescued by a Brave navy seal