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Chess team shines at national tourney (Sheboygan Press, WI)

Imagine you're 15 years old and tied for first place in your category, entering the last round of the United States Chess Federation's national high school chess championship. How would it feel to know that you were that close to winning a national title?

Plymouth High School sophomore Nathan Knepprath found himself in just that position at the 38th annual tournament held April 21–23 at Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines Center.

"I was kind of nervous, of course, and excited," he said. "I know I'm gonna leave Milwaukee with a huge trophy and compliments whether I win, lose or draw. I just felt great. I just didn't care what happened."

Bayside chess team competes in Russia (Mobile Press-Register, AL)

Members of Bayside Academy's chess team recently competed in Moscow, Russia, in an international exhibition of U.S. scholastic players against Russian scholastic players as part of the Chess for Peace initiative.

Bayside Chess Team members senior David Gardner, juniors Joey Nickerson, Stephen Smith and Colby Parker and freshman Zach Huey were five of the 26 scholastic chess players from around the U.S. who competed in the event, held March 25 through April 1 in Moscow. Bayside is the standing Mobile-Baldwin County League championship team.

The Moscow competition was the first scholastic chess match between American and Russian scholastic chess players. Chess for Peace, in cooperation with the U.S. and Russian Chess Federations, organized the match in order for U.S. players to travel, learn about a new culture, make friends and see the wider world around them, all through the vehicle of chess.

Twins hope to be kings of chess board (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA)

Opponents call them the "Dynamic Duo."

Soon, opponents might be calling Mark and Alex Heimann, both 13, of McCandless, masters. Champs already has been added to the list of monikers for the twins.

They are among eight boys in the United States who have qualified in the Boys Under-14 category for the World Youth Chess Championships to be played Oct. 20-31 in Batumi, Georgia.

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