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The game of chess, explained

By Katy Murphy
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 at 8:58 am in elementary schools, students.


photo of Oakland chess program courtesy of The Berkeley Chess School.

My colleague Angela Hill wrote a column, published today, Oakland kids who love to play chess. On Thursday, about 200 children competed in a tournament sponsored by the nonprofit Berkeley Chess School, which began to offer weekly classes at Oakland schools last fall.

You can find her column here. Thought you might enjoy it.

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