"Chess tourney champs to play for state title", Asbury Park Press, April 22, 1986. Accessed January 18, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "James Altucher, of North Brunswick High School, placed first in the Southern Section of the New Jersey High School Individual Championship (Chess) Tournament held over the weekend at Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls."
Williams, Alex. "Why Self-Help Guru James Altucher Only Owns 15 Things", The New York Times, August 6, 2016. Accessed February 9, 2021. "But Mr. Altucher seems like an unlikely person to look to for solace. Bookish, contrarian and given to speaking in staccato bursts, this skinny computer geek from North Brunswick, N.J., is like the anti-Anthony Robbins, the strapping self-help star."