{"id":9859,"date":"2013-11-10T00:04:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T05:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2013-11-10T00:26:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T05:26:23","slug":"chess-mates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=9859","title":{"rendered":"Chess Mates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110182_ps29_chess_rookies.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[chessrookies]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9863\" alt=\"110182_ps29_chess_rookies\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110182_ps29_chess_rookies.jpg?resize=535%2C357\" width=\"535\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110182_ps29_chess_rookies.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110182_ps29_chess_rookies.jpg?resize=128%2C85&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110182_ps29_chess_rookies.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110164_fourth_game.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[chessrookies]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9861\" alt=\"110164_fourth_game\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110164_fourth_game.jpg?resize=128%2C85\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110164_fourth_game.jpg?resize=128%2C85&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110164_fourth_game.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110164_fourth_game.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5825_lunch_break.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[chessrookies]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9865\" alt=\"IMG_5825_lunch_break\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5825_lunch_break.jpg?resize=128%2C85\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5825_lunch_break.jpg?resize=128%2C85&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5825_lunch_break.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5825_lunch_break.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5839_public_school_door_knob_2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[chessrookies]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9866\" alt=\"IMG_5839_public_school_door_knob_2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5839_public_school_door_knob_2.jpg?resize=128%2C85\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5839_public_school_door_knob_2.jpg?resize=128%2C85&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5839_public_school_door_knob_2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_5839_public_school_door_knob_2.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110154_public_school_door_knob.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[chessrookies]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"110154_public_school_door_knob\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/110154_public_school_door_knob.jpg?resize=85%2C128\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmw_\">Today, Mika participated in her first-ever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chessintheschools.org\/s\/index.cfm?SSID=19\" target=\"_blank\">chess tournament<\/a>. It was also the first time her school&#8217;s chess club attended any &#8220;rookie&#8221; event, and our five pioneers met about 500 seriously determined elementary school kids from the New York Metro area. The first two games, Mika played very well and ended in a draw. One game with just the two Kings left standing, the other after going into overtime and playing for more than one hour. In the afternoon, her attention faded and\/or she got paired up with significantly stronger players &#8211; and she lost games 3 and 4. Still, a solid achievement for somebody who doesn&#8217;t play much beyond the one weekly afterschool lesson. Bonus for the accompanying parent (me): the host school still had some original, <a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1dbxwIP\" target=\"_blank\">100-year old doorknobs<\/a> &#8230; beautiful type detail of a bygone era!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Mika participated in her first-ever chess tournament. 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