The Gift of Chess Alongside Masters and Mentors Tour Rikers Island

The Gift of Chess and Masters and Mentors Toured Rikers Island, visiting multiple facilities and housing units. Over the past several years The Gift of Chess has donated 1,500 chess sets to Rikers Island as a tool for education and rehabilitation.

Guests included Tony Ballard who is the Director of Prison Outreach at The Gift of Chess and the founder of Masters and Mentors. Tony was joined by Dr. Mikhail Korenman from Cook County and Russell Makofsky and Michael Shuman both Board Members at The Gift of Chess. Grandmaster Alexander Lenderman also joined as a special guest.