In the game of life, producing one chess talent is a winning move for any family. Unless that family are the Rices, who have three. Meet Lauren, Leah and Lana Rice – who are 15, 12 and nine respectively – your average school kids who enjoy swimming, dancing and...
The trio’s foray into chess began nine years ago, when Lauren was studying in Nanyang Primary School. Chess was taught as a subject in Primary 1 and, after a few lessons, Lauren offered a solution to a chess puzzle that did not match the answer key.
At present, there are no women players in the world’s top 100, with only three female grandmasters ever breaking into the upper echelon. She once encountered a boy from her school’s chess club who refused to play against her but the gutsy player – who was also a competitive swimmer and runner – proved her worth on the board.
“Some people who watched me play said I couldn’t focus, so I would never be good at chess. So that kind of inspired me to try to make them take back their words,” said Leah, who also studies at Nanyang Girls’ High School. Both Lauren and Leah compete in the open category, which largely comprises male players, rather than the women’s category, in order to pit themselves against the best. For Leah, a big source of her inspiration is Hungarian grandmaster Judit Polgar, 46, the only female player to ever be ranked in the world’s top 10.
Whatever the future may hold for them, they can count on the support from their parents. Ping said: “We will support them in whatever they do but we always tell them – the most important thing is to learn and take away valuable life lessons.”
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