Chess player wows national crowd

The 12-year-old Wendell Middle School seventh-grader saw an advertisement in one of her father's chess magazines touting a national tournament just for girls. Agner, who has played chess since she was three, decided that was the tournament for her. Her father, Carlito, agreed on one condition: that she practice every day leading up the tournament. And so she did. All that practice paid off with a fifth-place finish in the All-Girls National Chess Championships. Competing against much higher-rated players, Agner pulled off a series of stunning upsets to finish in the hardware.
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