Sports
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The Brothers Who Became Chess Masters After Brain Surgery, a Family Ban, and a Whole Lot of Trash Talk
TLDR: After losing half his brain to stop catastrophic seizures at age eight, Griffin McConnell used chess to relearn how to think, move, and speak—then became a National Master; his younger brother Sullivan rose through the same living-room rivalry, eventually topping Griffin’s rating and forcing their dad to ban home matches to keep the peace.… read more

