June 11, 2004

Con Games by Michael Bamberger
"At a New Jersey prison, 32 felons competed for a chance to take on an Ivy League chess whiz" Sorry 'bout the cache; couldn't find a clean copy. Interesting read tho'.
  • That's a fascinating read, forks. Thank you.
  • ), forks.
  • Great story. It'd be a good follow up to have a rematch between these two on the outside.
  • No, unfortunately it wouldn't (Assuming you mean while Gooding is still a convict). With the attitudes towards the prison system in current society, if anything at all went wrong during the outside match you'd see chess banned from the prison, along with anything similar.