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Chess is more than just a game; it’s a powerful brain-developing activity that sharpens a child’s mind and builds essential ...

I am merely one episode into The Queen’s Gambit, which means I’m six episodes behind the rest of the world, but even one episode was enough to make a solid case that chess is cool, actually. It is a ...

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Two players stare intently at a board of 64 black and white squares. They are still except for a sudden grimace or the occasional twitch of an eyebrow. To casual observers, chess could seem boring. To ...

After school, many Hazelwood kids migrate to the library. Some stick to computers and scroll through the internet, some huddle in a corner to read books and a pair of 12-year-olds play chess. Leroy ...

The Detroit City Chess Club is the largest chess club in the city and maybe the biggest statewide. Last year, Kevin Fite's young chess players placed first in three sections at a national contest. In ...

Armenia has come up with a novel approach to school reform — it's making chess lessons mandatory for all students age 6 and older. A spokesman for the country's education ministry says compulsory ...

NEWBURGH — Jay Hayes, 12, who has only been playing chess for a couple of months, credits her remarkable progress in the sport to her teammate Nia Griffin. "Nia was the first person on the team that I ...