Chess champs of the world, watch out. The Reddy kids are gearing up to take the game by force.

Sai, Veda and Speemayi recently attended their first chess tournament in Rhode Island, and to their own surprise, took home several awards.

The Fairhaven residents are still new to the game, but as members of the Mattapoisett Library's Tuesday night Chess Club they have been honing their skills quickly.

Big brother Sai, 9, said he first started playing at his elementary school and enjoys seeing how other people strategize.

"It's more challenging than I thought. It needs more thinking," he said.

At the Rhode Island Chess Association's Oct. 19 competition, Sai did plenty of thinking. He swept the four games in the novice category, garnering a first place trophy.

Middle sister Veda  also did well, capturing enough wins for a fourth place medal.

"It was scary and fun at the same time," said the third grader of her first competition.

At 8, she had been playing chess as long as Sai, and said the tournament was helpful for her.

"I found out new strategies to get checkmate," said Veda. She did admit, "I thought I was going to come in third."

Little sister Speemayi picked up the game after seeing her older siblings play. At only four years old, she was the youngest person at the Rhode Island chess tournament. Although she didn't place in the competition (she did get a certificate), Speemayi went up against kids two and three years older than her, said mom Geetha.

Geetha, who works at Boston Medical Center, and her husband Siva, an assistant professor at UMass Dartmouth, are fully behind their kids' pursuit of chess.

Geetha said they would support the kids, "however long they want to play and to any level."

And since "no one has played a perfect game yet," according to their coach at the Mattapoisett club, Jim Kegle, the Reddy kids have plenty of work to do.

They wouldn't mind a little recognition along the way.

When asked why he likes to play, Sai answered: "So we can be famous!"

The Chess Club meets Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the children's department of the library. There is also a Wednesday night group that practices in the same place. The library is currently looking for an adult or high school student to help with the groups.

Call Linda Burke at the library for more information: 508-758-4171.