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Lakeside edges Garfield for state chess championship (Seattle Times)

Lakeside High School's sixth straight win in the Washington State High School Chess Championships came down to a tense fourth round against Garfield High School.

The thin victory was a change from last year, when Lakeside dominated the tournament to win with the highest score in state history.

This year, the team's five players were trailing by a half-point going into the second-to-last round. They beat Garfield three games to two and sealed the victory.

Chess whiz checks rivals: 9-year-old plays, beats 12 other children simultaneously (Denver Post)

In the time it takes a chess player to beat one opponent, 9-year-old Bryan Yue beat 12.

In a friendly tournament Saturday in Fort Collins, Yue raced around a roomful of chessboards, making one move at each until checkmate had been declared at every board. Though Klondike ice cream bars were offered to competitors who could defeat Yue or earn a draw, no one was able to stop him.

The competition was arranged by Robert Snyder, the founder of Chess for Juniors, a Fort Collins-based club that trains youngsters to become skilled chess players. The club attracts students from across the state.

State Champs: Searcy High squad tops archrival for state crown (Daily Citizen)

The Searcy High School chess team has done it again. For the second time in as many years, Searcy High took the top prize at the Arkansas Chess Tournament for High Schools.

Held this year in Quitman, the SHS team beat out rivals Little Rock Central and Pulaski Academy to hold onto their state title.

"We are very excited," SHS chess club sponsor and 7th grade math teacher at Ahlf Junior High Pat Taylor said during a phone interview from the school bus. "There were 16 teams competing in the state finals, all 3A to 5A schools and we came out on top."

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