Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Even more chess crime

For the Emory Chess Club, it was clear from the rules of entry that last Friday’s chess tournament was different from any previous competition.... To reach their opponents, club members had to walk through two large metal gates, two remote-operated sliding doors and a courtyard lined with security cameras and barbed wire.
Are chess tournaments now considered high priority targets for Al Qaeda? Hopefully not; in any case, this was something very different.
While the members of the club wore blue collared shirts that said “Emory University Chess,” their opponents wore white jumpsuits with blue lining that said “State Prisoner” or “Dept. of Corrections” in all capital letters on the back.
Read "Emory's latest stop on chess circuit: penitentiary" from The Emory Wheel.

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