The MSO's Chess Chronicler
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Stephen Leary learned to play chess at age 8.
Inspired by Bobby Fischer's conquest of the world championship,
Steve began playing in chess tournaments during the Fischer Boom
of the mid-1970s.
In high school, he played first board on the chess team and lost only one game during his three years of inter-school competition.
Over the years he won a number of local tournaments in Ohio. His rating peaked at USCF 2229.
In the late 1980s, Steve hopped aboard the Internet. He began posting
his "Chess In The Press" roundups of chess news in the general press to the
rec.games.chess newsgroup in the early 1990s.
In 1993, Steve was instrumental in the creation of the rec.games.chinese-chess newsgroup, and maintained the FAQ for several years. Later, he created the "XiangQi Teahouse" website.
Steve graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in Journalism,
and was editor of the student newspaper. He also has a master's degree
in Library Science from Kent State University. He currently works as a
research librarian.
email: StephLeary@yahoo.com
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