Montessori home to skilled chess players

Tucker Price, 12, a sixth-grader at Franciscan Montessori Earth School in southeast Portland, and Sean Richardson, 9, a fourth-grader, spend a lot of time staring at tables.

Their concentration paid off last weekend at the Chess for Success State Championship Tournament at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, March 21-22.

Tucker – the 2005 state champion in the elementary division – tied for fourth place in the sixth grade division, and Sean tied for sixth in the elementary, or kindergarten-through-fourth division. Meanwhile, Nathan Smith, a third-grader at Franciscan, tied for fourth place in the elementary division.

Prior to the tournament, Montessori's two chess teams placed second in the K-5 and 6-8 divisions respectively in prior regional Chess for Success tournaments.


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