I'm 12 Years Old, I Want to Be Accepted by My Adult Peers

"Chess was like sort of like this doorway that opened up, right? I'd go to school and all my teachers would be treating me like i'm a 12, 13 year old. Suddenly i'm in the chess club and hey, yasis here e il. You're really good. Let's play bug house together," he says. "It's such a different period of time i can't even express it."