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Taking on a Grandmaster

 

 from the Boston Globe, May 9.

Chessgrandmaster Larry Christiansen, standing inside the tables, played 25 simultaneous games of chess in South Station In Boston on Tuesday aftemoon. 

Bill MacLellan of the Boylston Chess Club said Christiansen, currently ranked 15th in the United States, will be taking on opponents at South Station about once a month. The United States Chess Federation calls Cbristiansen "an American master of attack."

Below, Carlheb Cemesca, Io.of Everett, a studentat Prospect Hill Academy, reacted to a move.