Daniel Naroditsky doesn't look intimidating.
He's quite small for his 12 years of age and barely speaks above a whisper when addressing strangers.
But at a chess board - albeit with a booster seat under him - the Foster City boy bullies adults twice his size into submission.
A week ago, Daniel won the World Youth Chess Championship in
Antalya, Turkey, besting 160 opponents in 11 rounds for the under-12
boys' division. (He qualified for his age group because he was under 12
as of Jan. 1.)
On Tuesday, he faced what might have been an even bigger challenge
to the shy sixth grader - speaking publicly about his victory to an
audience of more than 50 at San Francisco's Mechanics' Institute
Library and Chess Club. Read more
