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Feed the hungry with virtual chess? Your move, sport

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By Lisa Fernandez


Mercury News

Article Launched: 11/13/2008 05:27:57 PM PST


Click photo to enlargeBob Burkhalter sits at one of the chess tables with a chess game on his... ( KAREN T. BORCHERS )«1234»Bob Burkhalter of Sunnyvale wants to host the biggest virtual chess game in the world and donate half the prize money to hungry children in Silicon Valley.

If the 62-year-old Web programmer can pull it off, judges from Guinness World Records are standing by, ready to put the feat in the history books.

"I'm excited,'' Burkhalter said. "I'd love to put a dent in world hunger with this chess game.''

Registration kicked off on Veterans Day and information can be found at chessfordollars.com/game.

http://chessfordollars.com/CFC/chessusa003.php