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North Carolina's youth chess championship by the numbers
Once again, SAS is sponsoring the North Carolina Scholastic Chess Championship. The 43 year-old event is at the Raleigh Convention Center this weekend, March 11-12th. SAS sponsors this event because of the STEM education benefits of youth chess. Hundreds of players have been preparing and studying. A few even practiced