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Macon Shibut, an internationally recognized chess player and three-time Virginia State Champion, will play a “simultaneous exhibition” Wednesday in Roanoke, in which he’ll face up to to 25 different local chess players at the same time.
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Dan Casey — The Roanoke Times
Janet Osemudiamen The 10 year old Nigerian refugee in the United States Tani Adewumi, who secured the New York State chess championship in 2019, has now won yet another competition to officially become a national chess master. Nicholas Kristof, a columnist for New York Times who was one of Adewumi’s early admirers, confirmed the latest feat on Sunday. It was gathered that the game the 5th grader played to snag the national title was that of the Chess Club of Fairfield County (CCFC). It was earlier billed to hold on May 1, with Adewumi listed as one of the players to compete.