The News-Herald from Franklin, Pennsylvania • Page 9

Chess Club hs tournament I The Boris Spaasky-Bobby Fischer world championship chess match is not the only chess get-together that is making waves. Admittedly on a much smaller scale, the students at Rocky Grove High School are currently involved in their own "championship" chess matches. Although playing for pride instead of money, they still bring highly competitive natures to their matches. The chess club at the school, now four years old, has 45 members this year. The students have been divided into nine teams composed of Ave members each.

1 During the regular competition each member of the i team plays an opponent for points. Winners get two points, while a tie gives each player one point. The highest team total at the end of the five matches wins the game. Rick Cardy moves against Larry McCarthy Every Girl Likes Earrings Buy The Best From Best Jewelers so that they might compete against other schools. The club is made up largely of boys, but there are 12 girls who also participate.

Perhaps no one who had anything to do with the original formation of a chess club could have envisioned the cafeteria full of some 45 chess players, which is the way it is some days at Rocky Grove. Currently however it is everyone for themselves, as all students are competing in the annual tournament to determine individual winners. The tournament has progressed to the semi-final stage in each of the three separate divisions. They include: Division A Rick Kelly vs. Rick Witherow, and Lon Fink vs.

Tom Tologo. Division John Reagle vs. Tim Henderson, and Randy Dayton vs. Mary Jo Kinsner. Division John Last vs.

John Sowers, and Terry Ruditis vs. Barry Brandt. Tournament matches. are played either during activity period or after school. If no stalemate or checkmate has been reached during the required time limit, a winner is determined by the number and quality of the pieces remaining on the board.

The Rooks lead the regular-season league standings. The 'club itself began four years ago with a total of 20 kids belonging. Since that time it has grown to better than double its original size. Last year the club entered a tournament at West Forest High School. The Rocky Grove entry nailed down a third place finish in the eight-team field.

This year they have played one series of matches with a group of chess players from the YMCA. Now, after their own tournament has been concluded, the students hope to enter a tournament elsewhere Cover 100 of Lovely Earrings to Choose From tultu ti it( Itniiiii Kan- Randy Dayton, in the top picture on the cover, has entered the semi-finals of Division B. in Rocky Grove's chess tournament. Other members of the club, who also were participating in the competition, are, from left, Curt Marvin, Mary Jo Kinsner and Braden Gramley. JEWELERS wi itwu it oh ciit.

m. XWif- It's the real thing. Coke. Competing Concentration and competition are the key words in any chess tournament, and the one at Rocky Grove is no different Here Lon Fink and Patti Warner ponder the situation, while an interested Kim Yeager looks on. Bottled under the autoority of The Coca Cola Company by: The Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

ofMeadville, Pa..