Calling All Chess Players!

Calling All Chess Players!

Open Chess Challenge with Dr. Jonathan Sarfati

Dr. Sarfati will play up to 30 chess players at once in the afternoon after the Mini-Conference to be held in the morning at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, WA. Players are selected on a first come basis and must bring their own chess board to the tournament.

Register for this chess challenge at ApologeticsForum.org/chess. Spectators and cheerleaders are welcome.

Dr Jonathan Sarfati  Ph.D., F.M. is an accomplished chess master and a former New Zealand Chess Champion, representing New Zealand in three Chess Olympiads (he drew with Boris Spassky, world champion 1969-1972). In 1988, the International Chess Federation awarded him the title of F.I.D.E. Master (FM).  Jonathan has been known to play multiple chess matches while he is blindfolded. Jonathan more regularly plays multiple sighted challengers, up to 20 – 30 at a time.

Dr. Sarfati has performed this feat, against up to 12 challengers at once, at several major international conferences. A former chess champion of New Zealand, Jonathan is a scientist whose Ph.D. is in physical chemistry and quantum physics. He works for Creation Ministries International as a lecturer, scientist, and writer, showing how Christians can believe the Bible from cover to cover—especially when it comes to Genesis and creation vs evolution! 

Meeting Documents:

• Flyer
  
• Poster for Dr. Sarfati’s complete schedule
• Announcement Slide

Dr. Jonathan Sarfati speaks at the Apologetics Forum meeting on Friday evening, November 19, 2021. He will be available to speak at churches, Christian Schools, Home School groups, and other venues within the Greater Seattle area during the weekend of November 17 to 21..

Dr. Sarfati’s complete schedule can be found here.

If you have an interest in having Dr. Sarfati speak at your church, school, home school group, or another venue, or know of someone who might have an interest, please call Heinz at 425-501-5075 or email him at heinz@osta.com. Some of the presentations that Dr. Sarfati is prepared to give can be found here.

A chess challenge story from the past

Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France (1920). One fellow, third from right, seems rather frustrated.