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Iceland's Parliament votes to offer citizenship to chess star (International Herald Tribune)

The Parliament of Iceland has voted to grant Icelandic citizenship to the American chess star Bobby Fischer, laying the groundwork for his release from the Japanese prison where he has been held since last summer, his supporters have said.

"We are most happy," said Einar Einarsson, the spokesman for a committee that has been fighting to free Fischer from Japan, where he is being detained while he fights deportation to the United States.

Einarsson, who called Fischer "part of our modern saga and part of our recent history," said that the 62-year-old chess champion might be released "in only a few days" and that an Icelandic delegation planned to travel to Tokyo to escort him back to Reykjavik.

Tiny strategists match wits in local chess tourney (Salt Lake Tribune)

Tiny Monster sat down at the chess board and slowly proceeded to demolish his opponent. Then he picked off five more rivals in a row. But Tiny Monster didn't swagger or boast. In fact, he finished each game with a handshake and a "good game."

His record is impressive, his nickname intimidating. But in person, he is just plain cute.

"I just do the best I can," says Tiny Monster, otherwise known as 6-year-old Kaydon Troff. The West Jordan boy went undefeated Saturday to win the first-grade section of the Utah State Elementary Chess Championship at the University of Utah. Some 661 students from 101 schools participated, setting a new record for the tournament, which has been around for nearly 20 years.

Charter students play chess for charity (News Journal, DE)

Twenty-one students played in the first Chess for Charity tournament at the Newark Charter School on Sunday.

The event is a Swiss-system tournament, in which people with similar win-loss records play each other to increase the chances of victory for both players.

The tournament raised $350 for St. Jude Children's Hospital, according to Andrew Schermeyer, a student who helped organize the event.

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