Chess Heroism at Virginia Tech
by Michael Atkins
From every tragic drama surrounding a mass shooting, heroes arise. Ordinary people who do extraordinary things in the midst of a chaotic crisis. One of the heroes that emerged from the April 16th Virginia Tech massacre is a chess player.
Derek O’Dell is the President of the Virginia Tech Chess Club. He was sitting in German class when Seung-Hui Cho burst in and first shot the instructor, Jamie Bishop, and then began firing at the students…
Click here for the full story by Michael Atkins on uschess.org.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice story Michael!