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~~"Chess champ, 14, looks to revitalize game at UCLA"~~

Luke Harmon-Vellotti is used to being the youngest person in the room.

The 14-year-old mastered his times tables before he could see over the kitchen counter and was beating his dad in chess by the time he was 9 and a three-time national champion.

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~~"UCLA students revive Chess Club, hope to recruit more members"~~

Black-and-white checkered boards cover the tables in John Wooden Center’s games lounge as the UCLA Chess Club gathers to practice and strategize.

~~"What Makes You So Smart, Teenage International Chess Master?"~~

Luke Vellotti is going to rule the world.

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~~"14-year-old Boise chess phenom headed for UCLA"~~

The invitation Luke Harmon-Vellotti had been waiting years for finally arrived this spring; a place in the 10-person U.S. Junior Chess Championship Tournament.

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- Luke Vellotti

After securing a win that beat out USC and Stanford.

I spent a long time considering 14. Nd5. Brian Wall calls this a 'Vellotti moment', when I start calculating a series of advantageous moves.

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