The university students beat the convicts - but not all of them - in chess matches that pitted inmates against four Princeton University students, including the son of a Nobel laureate.
In the end, two New Jersey State Prison inmates managed to defeat the students, and four others played them to draws.
Fifty-eight inmates took part. "I beat one of those guys," said Terrance Manley, 28, who is serving time for manslaughter. "And now I'm ready for the next one."
Jail chess playoff in New Jersey
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