This past Saturday the FUMA Chess team braved the snow (about 1 inch in Farmville) and competed in the Longwood University Chess Open. There were three divisions: Elementary, High School, and Adult. Our four students competed in the High School division and brought back a first place team trophy and a first place individual trophy. High honors for the team went to Jesse Jacobson who won 3 ½ out of 4 matches. The ½ point went to Jesse when he drew the highest rated player coming in the tournament with a rating 300 points above him. Filling out the team was Ruilan Wang, Coleman Hoyt, and Noah Swindoll. All did well for the day contributing to our team points.