Roger Hale writes: “I was thrilled and honored to be inducted into the Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame. This wasn’t because of any great chess playing ability, but rather for resuscitating the local chess club (Chess Castle of Minnesota) from life support to what became one of the most active chess clubs in America, hosting around 150 rated tournaments each year until the pandemic shut us down. Although I had played recreational chess off and on over the years, I played in my first rated tournament game when I was 72, which may have been the record for the oldest person playing in a first US Chess Federation rated game.”
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Class of 1956