Mr and Mrs Applebee are delighted to see such an "ambitious young man" taking part in the championship. Sure, they find him a little unsettling, but they allow him to enter because there's not a lot of kids getting involved. The experienced chess players scoff at this youngster in their midst, right up until he plays his first game and wins it. They stop laughing pretty quickly and once it's clear that Kni is on a roll, they resort to cheating. There's distraction, double-teaming, playing with the clock- they do all they can to try and get ahead. Eventually, one elderly gentleman goes too far and flips the entire-ass chessboard over, screaming that Kni is obviously getting moves from his "fancy new fangled teleo-mo-phone!!!" The tournament is called off at that point, the Applebees agree that Kni was ahead before all the disruption and hand him the prize on the promise his parents won't sue them for all the hassle.

For his (just about) victory, Kni gets $500, an electronic chess set, and a basket of Honeycrisp apples. Mmm, apples.

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