Photos by Mike Moore | The Journal Gazette
Chris Jacobs, left and Toby Watson, 12, face off during a free community chess event Sunday at Promenade Park downtown.
About 150 chess sets were set up around Promenade Park for friendly games as well as a final tournament. Previous Next
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Chess pros visit Promenade
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
Spectators gathered Sunday in a shaded area of Promenade Park as nationally ranked chess player Nika Arnold, 18, shook hands with 12 opponents and made her first move in a dozen simultaneous games.
Meanwhile, expert player Rochelle Ballantyne, 25, welcomed and bested numerous opponents – sometimes while playing simultaneous games – inside the park s pavilion.