Checkmates

Brothers Tov and Micah Fisher-Kirshner are a coupleof tough kids to beat . . . especially if the "battle" is played out over the chess board. The both, both students at Weibel Elementary School, brought back batches of honors from the National Elementary School Chess Championship held two weeks ago in Charlotte, N.C.

Proud papa Alan Kirshner, a history professor at Ohlone College, says that the games involved kids from kindergarten through fifth grade from all over the country. Both boys brought home trophies for their prowess in single games while Tov and his pal Jeff Magid from Massachusettsranked 11th in team chess and Micah and his chess mate William Surlow checkmated enough games to rack up a national first place.

The Argus, © May 9, 1993