Chess master: Ann Arbor’s Ben Finegold to take on 50 opponents at once

Come one, come all and try and topple Ann Arbor’s chess master, if you dare.Excerpt:International chess master Ben Finegold of Ann Arbor insists you don’t have to be especially smart to be good at chess.”Anyone can enjoy chess and get good at it,” he said, adding with a smile: “I’ve been accused of being good at nothing but chess.”Perhaps Finegold is being a bit modest.”He’s the best in the state,” said Jennifer Skidmore of Pittsfield Township, the vice president and the scholastic coordinator of the Michigan Chess Association, the state organization that awards titles, organizes state championship events. “Ben recently won three state championship events in one weekend. He’s brilliant. He’s impressive.”Finegold will undoubtedly impress people Saturday night when he simultaneously plays against 50 members of the Detroit City Chess Club at the Detroit Institute of Arts.”I haven’t played 50 boards in a while, so that’ll be fun,” said Finegold, 39. “I’ll have to put my walking shoes on.”Read the rest of the story here.