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2 Chicago teens want more girls to play competitive chess

Queens United Chess was started by two public school students a few years ago to introduce the game to more girls. So far, they’ve reached 550 students with free lessons, a podcast and more.

Nereida Moreno of WBEZ reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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