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Chess Prodigy Lands First Place in Tourney

Eric Rosen helped Niles North bring home the IHSA Championship in February. See what national tournament the local prodigy won.

Niles North student and chess prodigy Eric Rosen won the National K-12 Bughouse Championship earlier this month. Rosen wasn’t alone in his victory; he took the first place prize with his teammate, Matthew Dahl of Minnesota.

Bughouse is a two-on-two chess variant that featured hundreds of players.  

Rosen was also part of the Niles North chess team that won the

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