Category Archives: prison chess

Princeton Students Give Prison Simul

There was a good story (with video) in The Star Ledger yesterday about a chess simul by several Princeton University chess players at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton (which boasts of 75 players in its chess club). With only … Continue reading

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Prison Chess

Scotland’s Daily Record reports in “Evil Killers Become Prison Chess Pals” that, “Two of Scotland’s worst killers have struck up a bizarre jail friendship over games of chess.” Murderers Zeeshan ‘Crazy’ Shahid and Jamie ‘Baldy’ Bain met in the segregation … Continue reading

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