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Carly Rae Jepsen is a closet chess nerd
Written by . Published: August 30 2012
Pop sensation Carly Rae Jepsen is a secret chess master who never tours without her board and set.
The Call Me Maybe singer admits she grew up solving game puzzles that her stepfather left her as he left home for work.
She tells Rolling Stone magazine, "My stepfather used to teach
it... (and) he'd put out a chess problem for me to solve. In high
school I had a big crush on a boy who played chess, and I thought,
'This is going to be useful'."