012120-blm-loc-1chess

Mack Lee, 10, a member of the Thomas Metcalf School chess team, studies the move of his opponent, Kelsey Jaynes, 9, a member of the Northpoint Elementary School chess team, in the Martin Luther King Scholastic Chess TournamentonMonday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Bone Ballroom. Lee won the game.

TaiLynn Jiardina, 7, a member of the St. Mary's Elementary School chess team, considers options in her game with Shourya Jain, 8, of the Benjamin Elementary School chess team during the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess Tournament Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Bone Ballroom. Jain won the game.

Proctor Mike Schulte of Kalamazoo, Mich., right, listens to Weber Sweeney, 7, of the Prairieland Elementary chess team explain how he and his opponent, Braxton Iliff, 6, of the Thomas Metcalf School chess team, came to a draw inMartin Luther King Scholastic Chess TournamentonMonday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Bone Ballroom in Normal.

Eliot Ash, 9, a member of the Thomas Metcalf School chess team, watches a nearby contest as he played John Austin, 11, an independent competitor, as they competed in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess TournamentMonday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Bone Ballroom. Austin won their game.

Proctor Jacob Davis of Normal made a ruling during the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess TournamentMonday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Bone Ballroom.

Max Palacios, 13, a student at Germantown Middle School, stacked chess pieces during a timeout in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess TournamentMonday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Old Main Room.

Fallen chessmen were lined up along the table at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess TournamentMonday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Bone Ballroom.

Chess competitors hung out together in groups between matches at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess TournamentMonday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Circus Room.

Prairieland Elementary School players Nikita Kolekar, 11, Mariah Walter, 11, and Nimita Kolekar, 11, practiced between games at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess TournamentMonday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Circus Room.

Thomas Liu, 9, Dunlap, thought hard about his next move as he played Rajeeth Ganesan, 11, of the Benjamin Elementary School chess team during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess Tournament Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Illinois State University's Bone Ballroom.

Read more from the original source:

'Logic and strategy': Annual MLK chess tournament brings Bloomington-Normal students together with fun, sportsmanship - The Pantagraph