Grandmaster has students in check
Hannah Collier reports

Video report here.

A World chess champion has gone head to head with a group of Jersey youngsters – in a bid to boost interest in the game.

Veselin Topalov, the third highest ranking player of all time, took on 24 students simultaneously and showed why he was given the title of grandmaster.

Bulgarian Topalov was at Victoria College yesterday where he took on the students from schools around the island.

He is promoting the educational value that comes with playing chess.

But how did the youngsters fare … check out Hannah Collier’s report above.

Source: http://www.channelonline.tv

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