Photo by Charles Beckham

Second- through eighth-grade students from Baltimore City schools display the first-place trophies they earned at the second annual citywide chess tournament, hosted by Hopkins' Center for Talented Youth at its Mount Washington headquarters on May 19. Participation rose 28 percent over last year, to 154 students, with 70 percent more schools represented, for a total of 43. Linda Lee, assistant professor in the School of Medicine's Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, helped revive the city's chess program, which is now a cooperative effort of the Baltimore City schools, CTY, the Abell Foundation and the Baltimore Kids Chess League.
—Charles Beckman

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