While Bishop enjoyed chess and was good at it, he didn’t join his high school chess club, worrying he would be typecast as a nerd. At age 10, he followed with keen interest the match in which American grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky in 1972. He played with his brothers, sometimes in the family’s barn, learning the moves to checkmate his opponent’s king, the object of the game. Weatherbee Elementary School, as well.īishop learned chess the old-fashioned way, with a family chessboard and by experimenting with the board pieces: pawns, bishops, knights, rooks, queens and kings. He began volunteering with the chess club at Reeds Brook Middle School, and later at George B. He didn’t even know there was a chess club until after he’d begun work in 2013. He was exploring new opportunities in the field - and not having much luck - when someone told him about a school custodial job. He was burned out from his job in the telecommunications industry and took an early retirement package at age 50. The Final Gambit (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Inheritance Games Series 3) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 4.7 (14) Hardcover (B&N Exclusive Edition) 17.99 18.99 Save 5 BN Exclusive 17.99 Hardcover 18.99 Paperback 10.19 eBook 10.99 Audiobook 0.00 Audio CD 45. In Hampden, Bishop’s coaching success followed a happy twist of fate.
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