While the boys attended the Orchard School in Indianapolis they became totally absorbed in the game of chess and were members of the school’s nationally ranked chess team.  Many of the trophies that I photographed yesterday were from chess tournaments.  Kyle was the Indiana state champion as a third grader and Nico placed second in the nation amoung kindergardeners (he is pictured below with the ninth place trophy from Super Nationals).  Maya never developed an interest in the game but was happy to collect hardware on behalf of her brothers.