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Chess legend Fischer ends legal action against U.S. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Chess legend Bobby Fischer has dropped a lawsuit against the U.S. government in San Diego federal court.

"He wants to get on with his life," said La Jolla lawyer Richard Vattuone, who filed the suit March 23, the same day Fischer was released from a Japanese jail and took up exile in Iceland.

"He's not interested in any more lawsuits, so that matter is over, dismissed," Vattuone said in a telephone message. The lawyer was unavailable for further comment yesterday.

Locals sparkle at chess tourney (Valley Morning Star)

Forty chess competitors from three San Benito schools are looking for empty space on their schools’ trophy cases where they can display their new hardware.

Two San Benito High School teams joined a team from La Encantada Elementary School and three teams from Dr. Raul Garza Elementary School at the United States Chess Federation’s SuperNationals over the weekend in Nashville, Tenn.

The students arrived in two charter buses Monday night, carrying individual participant medals and seven team trophies. The 40 students were among 5,230 competitors in the world’s largest scholastic chess tournament in history, according to the USCF.

Quantico chess player places in recent tournament on base (Marine Corps News)

Marine Corps Community Services hosted the Marine Corps Base Quantico Chess Championship April 6 at Barber Physical Fitness Center.

John Farrell, training budget chief at Henderson Hall, took first place in the tournament as he beat Quantico’s own Master Sgt. Steven Rollins, tournament director, in the championship match.

“This was a really tough match for me,” said Rollins. “I’ve played against John before and never beat him in tournament play, but I think that it was a very well-played match.”

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