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Feature story: Lauren Goodkind plays, teaches and writes about chess

Original post made on Jul 13, 2017

Lauren Goodkind's last name may reflect noble human qualities, but when it comes to playing chess, she says she can leave those attributes -- certainly the "kind" one -- at the door.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 2:39 PM

Comments

Posted by Sean
a resident of another community
on Jul 13, 2017 at 2:31 am

Hello, thank you for sharing your interesting story. I wish they had mandatory chess in schools for students between the ages of 4 and 12. This would be a benefit to the students and chess.
Good luck :)


Posted by Member
a resident of another community
on Jul 22, 2017 at 3:03 pm

It's not necessary to ask chess-players for comment on past games. All the data is public:
Web Link

Lauren Goodkind drew Peter Thiel in round 5 of the McIlrath Memorial tournament in 2003 in Burlingame, CA.

Given that she was rated 600 points below him, that is an extraordinary upset.