Chess grandmaster battles nearly 20 Vancouver Island players

Chess grandmaster battles nearly 20 Vancouver Island players

Vancouver Island hosted a special guest from the world of chess, a chess grandmaster. There are fewer chess grandmasters in the world than billionaires and one of them was in Nanaimo to play against some of Vancouver Island’s top chess players Saturday. With a handshake and opening move Samy Shoker, one of just 1,230 chess grandmasters in the world, starts playing nearly 20 of Vancouver Island’s best chess players of all age categories. Now livi…