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ZULU, IN Five excessively boisterous parents were thrown out of a recent competition between the Benjamin Franklin High School and Winter Meadows High School chess clubs.
The incident began in the eighth move of the match, when Julian Davis of Franklin made a bold move in the direction of opponent Jonathan Russell’s king. Russell’s mother, Ruth, immediately yelled out, “What was that? Did you see that, judge? That was an illegal move—he can’t move his knight like that! What are you, blind?”
Davis’ close friend’s mother, Theresa Wilson called out in response, “Don’t you listen to her, judge! Good move Julian!”
The mothers silently exchanged dirty looks until the next move, after which Ruth Russell called out, “Good thinkin’ Baby! You show him you can win even if he cheats!”
At that point, chaos broke loose. Shrieks echoed throughout the school’s halls. Mothers yelled and harassed one another—and the players. Before long, mothers were throwing punches. Within minutes, five women—including Russell and Wilson—were removed from the building, and Russell and Davis were finally allowed to continue.
Following his win, however, Davis had to be escorted to the parking lot—to protect him from Russell’s mother or any of the other mothers from Winter Meadows High.
School officials are becoming increasingly concerned with the growing violence of Chess Club Moms. Said Franklin High School principal Stan Fischer, “This is our chess club’s third parental outburst this season. I guess it just goes to show that it doesn’t necessarily take a high-energy athletic event to cause some parents to get a little too excited.”
Fischer also mentioned that Franklin has hired a security guard to attend chess competitions from now on.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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