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Teen wins national chess tournament (News & Observer, NC)

A Youngsville teenager has won a national high school chess championship in suburban Chicago.

North Carolina state high school champion Nelson Lopez Jr., beat a Colorado player Friday by winning five out of six rounds and drawing on the sixth in the Denker tournament, said Randy Wheeless, vice president of the N.C. Chess Association.

Making check-mates at Cadillac Chess Club (Cadillac News, MI)

Six men sit in silence concentrating on a game board. One writes down positions while another charts moves on a magnetic board.

Welcome to a weekly meeting of the Cadillac Chess Club.

The club started about 10 years ago with three members. It met in one of the founder's homes.

Chess league targets youth clubs in TPS system (Toledo Free Press, OH)

Two boys, ages 7 and 12, squirm in their wooden chairs. One rocks on his knees, legs crossed beneath him, while the other scrunches his cheeks with loosely formed fists. They fidget, halt, then slide their chess pieces across the board. They play in a bookstore, but they whisper as if in a library.

“Go away,” David whispers to an approaching opponent.

“Never,” Scott retorts.

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