Michelle Zhang isn’t even a teenager yet, but that didn’t stop her from putting up a strong fight against one of the best chess players on the planet on Saturday.
World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura made a surprise appearance at a Prince Edward Island tournament over the weekend.
“Maybe he, like, underestimated me a little bit,” said Zhang, 12, after holding Nakamura at bay for 65 moves in a first-round match at the Maritime Open Chess Championship in Summerside, P.E.I.
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