HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Anshruta Chidananda's interest in chess started when she attended elementary school.

She had to wait while her older brother finished his chess club meetings at the William Davies Middle School.

"It was very new to me. When I started playing, I thought it was really interesting, all the different abilities of the pieces," said Chidananda, now 16 and a junior at Oakcrest High School here.