NCFL 10-year-old places in international chess championship

Published: Nov. 22, 2018 at 5:59 AM EST

U.S Chess Team members have earned medals at this year's World Cadet Chess Championship, and one of them is from North Central Florida.

Gainesville's Erick Zhao received a silver in the under 10 category. The competition was held in Spain this year and featured more than 800 competitors from 80 federations around the world.