Update
April 2011
Ambassador Of Girls Chess
English Chess Federation Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog OMOV Petition Susan Polgar Blog The London Chess Centre
Ecclesall Chess ClubWhy Emma will never attend a chess event without her parents:- ChessVibes» Stunning story at World Youth in Turkey
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BBC News interview.
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RZA Wu Tang Clan Above
Current TV Video Hip Hop Chess Federation IM Josh Watzkin - ChessMasterCurrent TV:- Emma at the Hip Hop Chess Federation Kings Invitational San Francisco doing 1st verse of her Rap Words on Chess.
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Eastern Region Girls - Nottingham - 16th Feb 2008.
Eastern Region Winners Claire Summerscale & Emma U 12 Winner. John Crawley. Latifa Messam Sparks
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Photo by Tom Chivers. Streatham & Brixton Chess Club- At the Staunton
Memorial.
GM Raymond Keen OBE playing Emma with the beautiful set received by Emma as a prize from the Blackpool Congress 2007.
Mike--Seattle & Nick Buckawicki. Gerry Walsh Pres. ECF. Emma's dog TED Hal Karlesson -Texas Tech. Mum & Famous chess player in Victoria, Canada.
Gerry Walsh at Hastings prize giving with Stewart Reuben. Friends at Wijk aan Zee Kevin & Romy
Hastings - 3/5 grading prize. 100/130 section.
Lincoln Saturday Feb.10th U18 winner Hanna Dale.
GM Ivan Sokolov Mega Star John Ohurley. Spamalot at Wynn Hotel Las Vegas.
After playing Ralek Gracie 2 Photos, John Winter. Wings Magazine Last Standing at Susan Polgar Simul Las Vegas 2 hrs 45min
Emma with Mum & Dad receives an achievement cheque from Derbyshire County Councillor Bill Pickford. Bill is 6feet 8 inches tall.
Emma's last 16 league game results are Thirteen wins One loss Two draws. Last 4NCL one loss one win.
Notts league 12 wins one loss one draw. Board one for Ecclesall, One win One draw One loss.
Nottinghamshire juniors 3 wins no losses. Derbyshire U125 played one won one
Emma at the Houses of Parliament on Monday. Welcomed by Bolsover MP Dennis Skinner and soon introduced to senior members of the government. Seen below with Solicitor General the Rt Hon. Vera Baird QC. MP. Ex Home Secretary Charles Clarke MP. Many top English juniors were there with their parents. Charles Wood from Bradford brought the West Yorkshire girl champion Amy. Englands youngest GM David Howell also attended
Many good things are happening in Junior chess at the moment and things look even better for the future with Chess sets now being made available to schools free of charge due to the efforts of the English Chess Federation officials. Fergus Christie is seen in the photo below below with Emma and the Open World Championship trophy in the background. Emma with Latifa Messam Sparks and Jessica Thilaganathan
Emma & Ex Home Sec. Charles Clarke MP G. Walsh. Rt Hon Vera Baird QC. MP Coffee with Dennis Skinner MP Top Girls - Latifa - Emma - Jessica
Rakaa Iriscience.
Dilated Peoples
Her next visit in the USA Emma is invited to play at the Yahoo Head Office by Steve Rich ( The Rocket Science Guy ) and will play in California on February 2nd & 3rd. by invite from Dr Alan Kirchner ( CalNorth Youth Chess President ) and then, Hip Hop Queens International 2008.
Peter Sowray Blog Susan Polgar Blog Emma Bentley Blog OMOV Petition English Chess Federation Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog The London Chess Centre
Polgar Under 11 Girls Open World Chess Champion. Score 5.5 / 6. Las Vegas June 2007
All England Girls U10 Champion. Score 5 / 5. June 30th 2007 All Englands Girls Eastern Region U10 Chess Champion. Score 5/5 Nov. 2006
Sheffield U9 Chess Champion 2005 / 6. York U11. Lincoln U11. EPSCA Finals Nottingham U11 3/3. 2nd Nottinghamshire Championships yr 6. 2007
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Links to Reports from Hip Hop Chess Federation. Chess Kings Invitational. October 13th 2007.
YouTube - Official HHCF Chess Kings Invitational Video Mix!!
YouTube - GETV145: Hip Hop Chess Tournament
In TV & Radio interviews Emma is instructed to state only the region in which she lives. Her own Hip Hop CD / DVD is in the pipeline for release shortly.
GM. Susan Polgar Las Vegas June 2007 Hal Langland Pres. Calchess-White Cap. Adisa Banjoko - Red Cap / IM Josh Waitzkin gave commentary. Interview with GE TV.
Links >>> GE TV Interview. On The Mat USCF Website The Chess Drum Baller Status Domingoyu.com
San Francisco October 13th CBS TV 5 Video Events - Commonwealth Club The Hip-Hop Chess Federation Blog
Wishtank magazineOn The Mat @ Hip Hop Chess The Hip Hop Cosign HHNLive.com - News - RZA Goes Undefeated Leehiphopshow
Missing in action was DJ Q-Bert who was scheduled to play 10 year old world chess champ Emma Bentley from the UK. From the looks of things Q-Bert would want no parts of this young lady as she is no joke on the boards. She easily disposed of famed UFC fighter ( Ralek Gracie ) in a chess match that resulted in most participants staying clear of her unless they wanted their feelings hurt. We also understand that this young lady is also very skilled in the martial arts world. No doubt she'll return back in February when HHCF holds the Queens Invitational to showcase and bring attention to women chess players. Quote from Davey D. Hip Hop Cosign.
When 11 year old Chess Champion Emma Bentley’s original opponent dropped out, Ralek Gracie stepped up and competed in a one minute bullet match against the prodigy. Emma flew all the way out from England for the event. Emma is also a Tae Kwon Do champion and a budding musician, and about the coolest 11 year I’ve ever met from the United Kingdom. Although scheduled for a minute (chess time), Emma managed to defeat Ralek in four moves. She later confessed she “felt a bit sorry for beating Ralek so badly”, but Ralek smiled and took it in stride. Quote OTM.
What a fantastic day at the San Francisco Design Centre. Probably around five hundred people there and top music stars and Martial Arts personalities to walk right up to and talk with. Congratulations to Adisa and Meko Banjoko and Leo Libiran on an outstanding achievement.
Emma had the VIP treatment at both Circus Circus and the Wynn Hotels during her stay in Las Vegas and The Hilton at Sierra Point in San Francisco.
We gave RZA - GZA and Monk of Wu-Tang Clan a ride back to their hotel.
Facing each other are Emma and Ralek Gracie ( pronounced Halek ) MMA fighter & Ju Jitsu trainer before their game. Martial Art Master Ralek Gracie stood in at a moments notice when the original competitor Mr Qbert failed to show for their Bullet Match. Mighty respect to Ralek. At Chess, Emma won on the day. 50 seconds five moves.
1. Nc3 e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nb5 a6 4.Na3 Qf6 5.e4 Qxf2 checkmate!IM Josh Waitzkin gave the commentary of the match watched by Hal Langland President, Dr Salman Azhar & Dr Alan Kirshner of Calnorth Youth Chess.
Adisa Banjoko
Author and Co Founder of Hip
Hop Chess Federation.
Leo Libiran Co Founder.
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Emma is the North of England Tae Kwon Do Silver Medallist and plays Piano. Necessary qualifications for Hip Hop Chess.
Emma was invited to London on Wednesday to meet the Chinese Chess World Champion Xu Yinchuan. After some instruction from Mr Jingfeng Wang and encouragement from those watching, a game was played. A great time was had by all. www.worldmindmasters.com
Mr Xu Yinchuan, ( 2nd from left.) Xiangqi ( Chinese Chess )World Champion with secretary general of the Chinese Chess Federation. ( London 19th Sept. 2007)
Sec. General of Chinese Chess Federation Liu Xiaofang (2nd from right ). Wang Fang 2006 World Champion ( left ) Xu Yinchuan ( 2nd from left ) Jingfeng Wang ( center )
Emma with instructional help playing Xu Yinchuan. Game watched by GM Raymond Keene OBE TV Crew at work for Chinese Television.
Photo Gallery from Liverpool. September 3rd to 9th.
A great privilege to meet the Chinese team and their leaders. A special honour to meet Mr Gong. Consul General
Abigail Tian in Liverpool.. Mr Gong Emma's with 13 yr old GM Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan & Team Leader. Joe Morrison. Emma's Captain at Ecclesall. Computer boss Dave Clayton, Liverpool
Young Rising Stars of the Chinese team. Photo by Steve Connor ( I think )
Emma scored a respectable 1.5 points amongst the toughest competition you could imagine for a ten year old. Monday saw eight hours play in two games. The first game lasting four hours fifteen minutes and the second three hours forty five. After the first draw against a 137 grade she was paired with a Fide master graded at 2066.Emma ELO 1365. That's tough for a junior and her only comment was " I have learnt a great deal this week." Of course being the lowest graded there means you only play stronger players. Emma is very grateful for the coaching and help given to her this week from almost everyone she played. Special thanks to Tony Blades, Alexandra Wilson and Ray Cannon.
Link to :- Howard Staunton Photo Gallery
Photos from
The Staunton Memorial held at Simpsons On The Strand August 18th 2007. 
Eric Schiller. Legendary Coach -Author - Arbiter - Organiser. GM Mickey Adams. Winner / Photo by Steve Giddins. Dutch GM Jan Smeets
Cruiserweight World Boxing Champion Johnny Nelson Grand Master. IM. Bob Wade OBE Harry Gration at BBC TV Leeds
All England Girls Winner & Claire Summerscale. Gerry Walsh President ECF. GM. Mickey Adams. Fredi Putra, General Manager at Wynn Hotel Las Vegas
Bill Pettigrew. Sheffield. Card Trickster Extraordinary. Nevada State Trooper, Hoover Dam. Lynne Stringer. Fide Arbiter. Beach, Victoria, BC. Canada
Emma with her Coach Julian Simpole Brendan Ingle OBE. Trainer of 4 World Champion Boxers Ray Cannon
with Nadeem Siddique
That's right, boxing gloves and fights Tae Kwon Do.Emma started playing chess in June 2005. Her first competition was at the Abbey Hotel Sheffield later that Summer in the Woodseats Cup. Organised and run by the Sheffield and District Chess Association secretary Bill Ward. Emma had never seen a chess clock at that time and had a crash course in their use five minutes before play commenced. She actually won one game out of six that night. Emma was introduced to the juniors at the SASCA Chess Club, Handsworth Christian School, Sheffield. She joined the Monday night club and by November she entered and won the Sheffield Under 9 Championship for boys and girls. Matches were played for Yorkshire in the Under 11 and Under 14 sections with outstanding success beating England players in the process.
In November 2006 Emma won the Eastern Region All Englands Girls Under 10 Championship.
June 10th 2007 won the World Open Girls Under 11 Championship. Las Vegas Chess Festival.
June 30th 2007 Won the All England Girls Under 10 Championship.
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