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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The history of chess spans more than 1,500 years, | ||||||
| 3 | and the earliest predecessors of the game originated in India, | ||||||
| 4 | before the 6th century AD; from India, the game spread to the | ||||||
| 5 | Middle East and subsequently expanded to Southern Europe; in | ||||||
| 6 | Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th | ||||||
| 7 | century; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Chess is a recognized sport of the International | ||||||
| 9 | Olympic Committee and international chess competition is | ||||||
| 10 | sanctioned by the World Chess Federation (FIDE); and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Chess is sanctioned in Illinois at the high school | ||||||
| 12 | level by the Illinois High School Association, where an annual | ||||||
| 13 | State tournament determines a victor; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, National Chess Day is October 12, 2013; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The United States 113th Congress has recently | ||||||
| 16 | expressed its support for the designation of St. Louis, | ||||||
| 17 | Missouri, as the 'National Chess Capital' of the United States | ||||||
| 18 | to enhance awareness of the educational benefits of chess and | ||||||
| 19 | to encourage schools and community centers to engage in chess | ||||||
| 20 | programs to promote problem-solving, critical thinking, | ||||||
| 21 | spatial awareness, and goal setting; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives and the Senate of the | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois General Assembly physically compete against each | ||||||
| 3 | other in an annual softball game to determine the triumphant | ||||||
| 4 | chamber, which in many of these contests the House has | ||||||
| 5 | demonstrated its greater athletic proficiency; therefore, be | ||||||
| 6 | it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we proclaim our | ||||||
| 9 | intellectual superiority by challenging the members of the | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois House of Representatives to a chess tournament; and be | ||||||
| 11 | it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the Senate shall host the chess tournament | ||||||
| 13 | and, upon acceptance of terms by the House, the results shall | ||||||
| 14 | affirm our claims that we are the utmost mentally astute | ||||||
| 15 | Chamber of the Illinois 98th General Assembly; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, That the General Assembly Chess Tournament shall | ||||||
| 18 | also be utilized to promote and enhance awareness of the | ||||||
| 19 | educational benefits of chess among school-aged children and to | ||||||
| 20 | encourage all schools and community centers in Illinois to | ||||||
| 21 | engage in chess programs to promote problem-solving, critical | ||||||
| 22 | thinking, spatial awareness, and goal setting.
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