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Chess master plays 31 young players at once

Despite the odds heavily stacked against him, chess expert Andy Ansel was looking forward to the challenge; it was by far his largest.

Wednesday at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, Ansel, 48, took on 31 bright-minded chess players - ranging in age from 7 to 19 and from 11 schools - at the same time.

Thinking fast, he shifted between two lengthy tables occupied by hundreds of chess...

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