This Sailor is Working on New Rating: Chess Master - USNI News

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When Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Andrew Peraino was a Navy recruit, tucked away in his eyeglasses case was a set of paper pieces he had fashioned into a miniature chess board set. In rare instances of downtime at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Ill., Peraino would carefully unfold the checkered paper board, organize the small squares marked as individual chess pieces and challenge his mind in ways basic training just didn’t. “All the other sailors who were in my division were very interested in using it,” he said. “It never got taken away. I still have it in my