US-Chess Clubs: Big Isle youth chess champions crowned
By TIFFANY EDWARDS/ West Hawaii Today
HILO - Lance Desmither, a 16 - year - old home - schooler, won the high school division of the Big Island Championships on Saturday, with what his father described as a brilliant move - 'sacrificing his queen.'
Larry Desmither said in order to gain a bishop, his son used the queen, the most powerful piece on the board because it can move more directions than any other piece.
'It was brilliant. I thought he was going to lose, and he ended up winning,' Desmither said."
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HILO - Lance Desmither, a 16 - year - old home - schooler, won the high school division of the Big Island Championships on Saturday, with what his father described as a brilliant move - 'sacrificing his queen.'
Larry Desmither said in order to gain a bishop, his son used the queen, the most powerful piece on the board because it can move more directions than any other piece.
'It was brilliant. I thought he was going to lose, and he ended up winning,' Desmither said."
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