Battling for Glory and Trophies at a Student Chess Tournament
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Trophy News From New York & Tennessee
Saturday morning was tough for the Alvarez kids, chess players from the Bronx. After two victories each on Friday, both of them, 7-year-old Evan, and his older sister, Jillian, 12, lost their third-round games at the Super National Scholastic Chess Championships here. And though both had faced higher-rated opponents, the losses were avoidable.
Evan and Jillian made the two-day trip to Knoxville with their mother, Mary, and three busloads of other Bronx children and their families.
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