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The curious Bobby sal down at a board and made a move. A few wifnnt^ Parey had forgotten about the other players and was concentrating hard an beating Boldiy. He did* but it took him 15 minutes — a long time for an international master against an 8-year-old who’d played only a few games in his life.A teacher of chess, Carmen Nigro, witnessed the game. Impressed, he offered to teach Bobby. Within a few years Bobby was beating Nigro regularly. By 1956, now a member of the Manhattan Chess Club, he had tied for fourth in the U.S. Open and won the National Junior Championship— Ac youngest titkhohkr in history.
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Pasadena Independent Star News
Pasadena, California, US
Sun, Oct 27, 1957
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