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Teaching through chess (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

Spencer Olmsted finds chess to be a universal language.

He's played the ancient game on the streets in the Czech Republic and Spain, among other places, even though he speaks neither Czech nor Spanish.

"It was a great way to meet people," Olmsted says. "I couldn't speak their language, but we could play chess."

Chess player gears up for prestigious tournament (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Dana Mackenzie, an accomplished chess player from Santa Cruz, was once beaten handily at his game by an 11-year-old.

Granted, this was no ordinary kid. It was Hikaru Nakamura, who now at age 17 is the reigning U.S. chess champ, the youngest since the infamous Bobby Fischer won the title in the late 1950s.

Later this month, Mackenzie will compete again in a tournament attended by Nakamura, along with more than a thousand other skilled devotees of the game from around the world.

A tournament of Kings and Queens (Oregon Daily Emerald)

Some of the highest-ranked chess players in Oregon competed in a tournament this weekend at the EMU. The Oregon Chess Federation sponsored the 2005 Oregon Class Championships in partnership with the UO Chess Club.

"This is a pretty big thing for U of O Chess because we're trying to break into the bigger chess scene," UO Chess Club President and tournament coordinator Sara Hamilton said. Hamilton said it has been at least a decade since the University hosted such a chess tournament.

The 57 players at the tournament ranged in age from sixth graders to "really old," Oregon Chess Federation President Jerry Ramey said. The tournament was divided into six classes based on ability.

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