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JPB third-grader has winning chess season
Isaac Bittner finished statewide tourney tied for second
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Isaac Bittner, a third-grader at Julia P. Bryant Elementary, holds the second-place trophy he won at the Georgia State Scholastic K-12 Championship held recently at Emory University in Atlanta. - photo by Special
Nine-year-old Isaac Bittner has found the right moves to keep his brain power in check. The third grader has become quite the talented chess player and has won several awards recently, including a second-place tie performance in a statewide tournament. The son of Shawn and Brandi Bittner, Isaac started playing chess in first grade through an after-school club offered at Julia P. Bryant Elementary School.
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