as far as chess is concerned,
I can lose a game in the minimum number of moves time after time, which is why I find Jessica
Lauser so amazing, image credit: Dave Ruff/ CNN she was born blind, suffering from retinopathy due to being born four months
prematurely, Lauser’s one eye is completely blind, and the other eye only has
20/480 eyesight, which means that she has very little to no depth perception, "I
knew that the kids were going to call me 'four eyes,' and I said, 'Hey, maybe
if I beat them, then they will finally shut up,'" Lauser said, "When
I saw that a child could beat an adult in this game, (I knew) there was
obviously something special and different about this chess. It meant that it
wasn't something that depended on the fact that somebody was stronger than
someone else or that they had to see like everyone else. There was something
special about (the game) that made me want to learn more." and she did! Today,
Jessica Lauser has dozens of major accolades in chess. She is a three-time US
blind chess champion. Lauser aims to be a chess master in the future, for more about
her story pop over to CNN. truly amazing.
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