UPCOMING: JUSTUS WILLIAMS DARES TO BE DIFFERENT
12-year-old Justus Williams is on top of his game! The chess game, that is:
He’s an internationally ranked chess master — the youngest black chess master ever. Justus started playing the game while in an after school program called Chess in the Schools. He’s confident, but it’s not unwarranted. His chess skills have taken him to Brazil, Canada and Greece.
It’s not uncommon to find him challenging and beating opponents four and five times his age.
Justus and his family hope his success in chess will help others experiment outside their comfort zones. They’re spreading the word through a campaign called “Dare to be Different.” (SOURCE)
With his “Dare To Be Different” campaign, Justus and his family hope to encourage other young people “to expand their horizons beyond usual forms of recreation and to discover the game of chess as a challenging and rewarding sport.”
Website: JustusWilliams.com
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What a brilliant young man! The human mind is an amazing thing that far too many kids waste these days, but this child is quite obviously using his for wonderful things. I’ve only played chess a few times (and got my butt kicked every time! Darn those math & logic-savvy engineers) but it’s excellent stimulation for the mind & teaches great strategy skills that can be employed all throughout life.
Keep daring to be different, Justus!! Normal is so overrated.
It’s so good to see a black kid doing something out of the box I’m not making it a race thing for those who can’t look past my comment but kudos to this young man
WOW! First, he is soooooo cute. Second, I think it is great that he is doing a different type of activity (chess) and is encoraging others to “dare to be different”. He is an awesome little kid!
Simply wonderful.
Keep doing your thing young man.
*Bows down*
What a handsome, brilliant young man! Glad to celebrate his genius with the rest of the international community. Such a wonderful and uplifting story this Friday afternoon. Thanks, BCK.
This is awesome! Way to go to him and his parents!
Congratulations to him! My husband taught our oldest son how to play chess when he was 3 or 4. I had never even played LOL. But, it is to go outside your comfort zone, I hope others do the same.
Kudos to this young man! I’m so proud of up and coming young people making a mark in the world that sees black as negative.
BCK, thank you for presenting such positive stories about blacks around the world. You one one of the very few blogs that present uplifting stories. Also, the stories are not just geared to entertainment either.
That is great! Sometimes we have to teach our children how to step out on faith.
AMEN!!! that is so awesome, so proud of him!!