GM Shankland Lecture and NM Stearman Birthday at
Berkeley Chess School
By Beth Slatkin
On Friday, August 29th. The Berkeley Chess School celebrated NM Josiah Stearman’s birthday and GM Sam
Shankland’s Olympiad Gold Medal at the Berkeley Chess School Hillside School. Sam had just flown in and gave a
talk to a packed room! (For more information on Sam and Josiah’s recent accomplishments, please see the
article on page 26.) Below are photos from the event. All photos by Kerry Lawless.
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CalChess Journal
Summer 2014