{"id":2220,"date":"2015-11-10T22:58:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T22:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/chess-tourny-at-breakers-to-support-local-youth-sports-programs\/"},"modified":"2015-11-10T22:58:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T22:58:36","slug":"chess-tourny-at-breakers-to-support-local-youth-sports-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/chess-tourny-at-breakers-to-support-local-youth-sports-programs","title":{"rendered":"Councilmember Austin and Filmmaker Duke Givens Present Chess Tourney at The Breakers, Supporting Youth Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wbOfDjo0znI?rel=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, at the historic Breakers building, Long Beach City Councilmember Al Austin will be hosting a chess tournament that&#8217;s open to the public. There&#8217;s a $20 entry fee, and every penny will go to support the Long Beach Jackrabbit Boxing Gym and the Ron Palmer Basketball League.<\/p>\n<p>It is specifically open to men, who are required to wear a dress shirt and tie in order to participate. The Grand Prize winner will receive $1,000. The second place winner will receive an Apple iPad Mini. The event begins at 3:00PM and ends at 7:00PM.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is being filmed by Duke Givens, who is in the process of filming his second documentary film, titled <em>Emerald in the Rough<\/em>, which focuses on the importance of fathers in the lives of children.&nbsp; Givens&#8217; 2013 documentary, <em>The Game Don&#8217;t Change (Just the Players)<\/em>, was praised for offering important insights into the challenges of growing up in the city&#8217;s Sixth District, where drugs and gangs were prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>In this video interview, Givens speaks candidly about his own father, and being a father, himself. He also talks about how so many who lost their lives to drugs and gangs lacked a paternal presence. Chess, in the context of the film, is a metaphor for strategic thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I learned to play chess at a young age,&#8221; Al Austin said. &#8220;It made me a strategic thinker.&nbsp; The game has shaped how I approach many of my life decisions. I am thrilled to be part this fun event with my friends and partners.&nbsp; We are bringing thinkers together in support of a great cause.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Breakers is located at 210 East Ocean Boulevard in downtown Long Beach. The tournament will be held in the cafeteria, located on the second floor.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Givens&#8217; new project, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldintherough.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EmeraldInTheRough.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also watch an interview with him from 2013, where he speaks about his first film:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/arts-culture\/duke-givens-game-changer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Duke Givens: Game Changer<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a brief interview with Givens about his photography exhibition,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/arts-culture\/duke-givens-the-power-of-choice\/\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duke Givens: The Power of Choice<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>{FG_GEOMAP [33.7665124,-118.19048099999998] FG_GEOMAP}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video interview, filmmaker and photographer Duke Givens speaks candidly about the importance of paternal parenting in his life, and the lessons he&#8217;s used to be a father, themes that will also emerge when he hosts the chess tournament fundraiser he helped organize this Saturday at the Breakers, in support of youth sports programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[856],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-culture-agent","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}