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Chess geeks rally for Bob Ferguson
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Mar 30, 2012 01:54am |
| Category | Perspective |
| News Date | Mar 29, 2012 01:50pm |
| Description | As contributors to Bob Ferguson's campaign for state attorney general, August Piper and Dave Kelly will be identified in public campaign records as a doctor and engineer, respectively.
But that's not why they came to the Westin Hotel at 7 a.m. Thursday for Ferguson's campaign fundraiser. Piper and Kelly were there as president and vice-president of the Seattle Chess Club.
To them, Ferguson, a Democrat and King County Council member, is something special -- as a chess player.
Kelly was quick to say he knew all about a match Ferguson, now 47, played in Berlin as a teenager. "He sacrificed his queen and beat a chess master. It was spectacular, daring, flashy," said Kelly.
Hardly the words many would use to describe Ferguson today. "Depending on where you stand, he's remarkably tenacious or stubborn as hell," King County Executive Dow Constantine told the breakfast crowd. |
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