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A move made to remember a chess great (Boston Globe, MA)

He took the chess world by storm at 22, coming out of nowhere to win one of the top tournaments in the world. Chess specialists rank him as one of the top three Americans ever to play the game, alongside the great Bobby Fischer, and they still obsess over what he might have accomplished if not for his premature death, at 33, from syphilis.

But in Somerville, where he was born in 1872, Harry Nelson Pillsbury and his brief, remarkable career are long forgotten.

"Probably no one remembers him, outside the chess community," said Chris Chase of Somerville, a three-time New England chess champion and a member of the Boylston Chess Club, which has its headquarters in Davis Square. "Most people know Bobby Fischer, and that's it."

Group of area investors purchases chess school building (The Hutchinson News, KS)

The purchase of the Karpov International School of Chess building by a group of area investors has assured that the school will remain in Lindsborg and at the same Main Street location.

Earlier this month the school had announced that the chess school storefront was for sale and organizers were concerned about its future because of funding.

"I feel wonderful, mostly because the chess school will stay in Lindsborg," said director Mikhail Korenman, who opened the school as "a mechanism for peace."

DeLand hopes 'checkmate' soon echoes from new park (Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL)

In a quiet spot where trees provide shade and a comfortable breeze whips between buildings, future chess masters will find the serenity to hone their skill in this ancient game of strategy.

It's informally being called Chess Park, and this natural downtown DeLand gem could begin attracting artists, performers and game players later this year, city officials say.

The county-built pedestrian park will link West New York and West Indiana avenues on the east side of the historic courthouse.

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