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‘Queen’s’ success is making chess king again

Brad Borkowski puts a coat of polyurethane on one of his boards in his garage work­shop late last month. Borkowski is a Manitou Springs shop teacher by day and a board maker by night. While chess boards have been hard to find at stores or on­line, Borkowski has worked over­time from his Colorado Springs home to fill or­ders from around the world.
Brad Borkowski puts a coat of polyurethane on one of his boards in his garage work­shop late last month. Borkowski is a Manitou Springs shop teacher by day and a board maker by night. While chess boards have been hard to find at stores or on­line, Borkowski has worked over­time from his Colorado Springs home to fill or­ders from around the world.
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