Checkmates — Kalispell youths take on national chess competition
Tirien Bodonyi-Kovacs, Eliel Bodonyi-Kovacs and David Wilson play a game of chess at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kalispell on Saturday, Aug. 31. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Three state chess champions hailing from Kalispell represented Montana at the national level competing in U.S. Chess Federation-sponsored tournaments in Norfolk, Virginia in July.
David Wilson, who is a fifth grader at Edgerton Elementary this year, competed at the John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary School State Champions where he placed 32nd.
Homeschooled siblings, Tirien Bodonyi-Kovacs, placed 35th at the Ruth Haring National Girls’ Tournament of Champions and Eliel Bodonyi-Kovacs, 35th at the Dewain Barber Tournament of Middle School Champions.
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