She's Only 9, but She has Her Eye On First Place

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"We found out about chess tournaments and that's when she stared coming to me saying, 'Let's play,'" he said. "She really grasped the game."

"This time, the competition is going to be more stiff," her father said. "She is going to be playing a lot of the players that she played at the last tournament, so we'll see how she does."

"If she doesn't win, it's more or less about learning and meeting people," he said. "I told her that in the first tournament there are going to be trophies and if you win one, fine. But I told her to learn as much as she could."

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She's Only 9, but She has Her Eye On First Place

PHILADELPHIA (NNPA)-Kyria Beth-Thina Sample wants to be a chess grand master someday. And if she keeps going the w...

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