Rutland Herald: Rutland Vermont News & Information

For a school that banned playing chess, Fair Haven Union High School has a pretty good chess team.

Senior Dillon Russell-Kenniston and junior Oliver Chase went 5-0 in the Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championship held April 8 in Richmond, sharing honors as the state's high school chess co-champions. One of them will represent Vermont at the national tournament in mid-August, and two other members of the Fair Haven team placed at states.

Fair Haven has sent a team to the tournament for the past three years, according to coaches Toby Milne and Betty Russo, each time returning with a champion player.