Contest over a board leaves little room for other bonds

By Michael Tsai

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 22, 2011

~~<p>Had they a few extra minutes to spare, the two men crouched intently over the chess board might discover a few things about each other that would surely astound.</p>
<p>Perhaps James Hafford would learn that the bandanna-bedecked biker across the table from him, a man he knows only as "Santana," is Nuremberg Sant'anna, motorcycle racer, speaker of numerous languages and founder of the Brazilian Cultural Center of Hawaii.</p>
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Had they a few extra minutes to spare, the two men crouched intently over the chess board might discover a few things about each other that would surely astound.

Perhaps James Hafford would learn that the bandanna-bedecked biker across the table from him, a man he knows only as "Santana," is Nuremberg Sant'anna, motorcycle racer, speaker of numerous languages and founder of the Brazilian Cultural Center of Hawaii. Login for more...