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Meet the young chess stars beating the adults

Two junior teams have defeated four adult teams in a knockout tournament to reach a chess cup final.

At the Knight's Shield event two teams from Thornaby Chess Club - the all-girls Thornaby Queens and the all-boys Thornaby Juniors - played each other in the final.

Nine-year-old team member Jayden, , said he had learned how to tackle much older opponents which is "happy for me - not for the adult".

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