![]() On a recent day, there was a buzz in the air at the Reeds Brook Middle School library where the chess club meets. These days, thanks to its growing appeal, those stereotypes no longer apply. While Bishop enjoyed chess and was good at it, he didn’t join his high school chess club, worrying he would be typecast as a nerd. At age 10, he followed with keen interest the match in which American grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky in 1972. He played with his brothers, sometimes in the family’s barn, learning the moves to checkmate his opponent’s king, the object of the game. Article contentīishop learned chess the old-fashioned way, with a family chessboard and by experimenting with the board pieces: pawns, bishops, knights, rooks, queens and kings. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.Westcoast Homes & Design Previous Issues. ![]() Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info. ![]()
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