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Ashdod in pictures · Shabtai Ishmailov

Before the first move

  1. Shabtai and a volunteer carry closed cardboard boxes on the quay.

    Unloading at the port

    Shabtai came to the port with us for our first shipment of chess equipment. We unloaded the boxes together.

  2. Shabtai places a black rook on the board in the club hall.

    Rooks in the corners

    At Duna, Shabtai sets out the pieces with the volunteers. The children can start as soon as they arrive.

  3. Shabtai leans over the table as a boy moves a white pawn and a girl watches.

    A pawn steps out

    A small hand reaches across the board. A pawn leaves its starting square. Across the table, the girl considers her reply.

  4. Shabtai peers into the box where Simba, the ginger cat, is asleep.

    One box left

    The games have started. There’s one last empty box to put away, but two ginger ears are poking over the edge. We’ll have to wait until Simba wakes up.

The shipment in photographs

Boxes marked TSAMERET on the warehouse floor and on a blue pallet.
Boxes marked TSAMERET on the warehouse floor and on a blue pallet.
A close view of the taped cartons stacked on a black pallet.
A close view of the taped cartons stacked on a black pallet.
From the club archive. Boxes of chess equipment wrapped together on a pallet.
From the club archive. Boxes of chess equipment wrapped together on a pallet.
Meet Shabtai and the club volunteersSaimon’s first touchNoa’s lucky knightThis time, Grandma plays