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It’s a show of incredible skill, taking on 19 players at once, but Jorge Moreno isn’t worried at all. The Prince Edward Island chess champion moved from Peru to Canada to study at Holland College last year. He’s taken part in eight tournaments since then and hasn’t lost a ranked game since December.

Jorge Moreno has won every chess match he’s played on P.E.I., but Saturday’s competition put his skill — and stamina — to the test.

Queens Gambit connections ripple across chess community Jennifer Sweet © Mike Heenan/CBC Seven-year-old Andreas Doemer of Saint John is the current national champion in his age group. The wildly popular video drama series The Queens Gambit has created a tsunami of interest in the game of chess. And New Brunswick has definitely caught the wave.   A beacon of the provincial chess scene has been inundated with phone calls and emails and has a personal connection to the woman ...