Eleven-year-old Vikram Arun has traveled as far as Orlando to participate in national chess competitions, but the Gentry Middle School sixth-grader spent Saturday participating in his hometown of Columbia.
Concentrating on checkmate
Elementary and middle school students compete in Columbia Open Chess Tournament
Sunday, April 22, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 3:01 a.m. CDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008
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