He became a chess master at 12 years, 3 months.
Ray has read one book by a chess master every day for the last year.
Inside, it later turned out, was a tiny chess master.
After a night of training, the chess master wants to buy back the slave.
To be a chess master, which is one of his goals, a player has to reach 2,200 points.
"My job now is to be the chess master," he said.
Like a chess master, he had played out in his mind each possible sequence of moves.
After putting each piece in the right position, the chess master would hand them their next clue.
The look on his face was of a chess grand master about to make the decisive move.
He had been invited as an exception but took first place and became a chess master.