By Gary Lloyd
TRUSSVILLE — The Paine Intermediate School Husky Chess Club on March 1 won the sixth annual Alabaster Scholastic Chess Tournament at Thompson Intermediate School.
The four-member team beat the Magic City Chess U team from Birmingham to claim the championship.
Team members are Benjamin Kennedy, Max Mobley, Elijah Bell and Raj Patel. Individually in the final standings, Kennedy finished second, Mobley took fourth, Bell placed fifth and Patel took sixth.
The team is coached by Pedro Pino.
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