Chess clubs give Philadelphia students a space to slow down and learn critical thinking skills. Students and coaches say both can help keep kids safe from gun violence.

Chess enthusiasts watch World Chess champion Garry Kasparov on a television monitor as he holds his head in his hands at the start of the sixth and final match 11 May against IBM\'s Deep Blue computer ...

For the second year in a row, at the University of the Sciences Athletic Recreation Center, more than 300 Philadelphia youth from at least 20 different schools across the region competed in more than ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The annual Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon is back in Philadelphia. The organization, After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP), is helping kids make the right move on and off ...

Each weekday morning, before he goes to into work as Information Technologies Manager for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, Dunlap stops at one of the schools, as well as after school on Wednesdays ...

Chess is currently in the middle of its third boom in popularity in recent years. The ancient sport had its first popularity boom during COVID lockdowns when many people, including prominent streamers ...

Sep. 9—Three state chess champions hailing from Kalispell represented Montana at the national level competing in U.S. Chess Federation-sponsored tournaments in Norfolk, Virginia in July. David Wilson, ...

10-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan has become the youngest female to defeat a grandmaster in a classical chess game. The young prodigy accomplished the milestone at the 2025 British Chess Championship in ...

The Trojan Chess Club reached out to local schools, bringing many elementary schoolers to play in the 9th Annual USC Invitational Chess Tournament. Players also flocked to USC from the local community ...

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Inspirational can be a dirty word at the movies, suggesting fake uplift and sugary excess. There’s none of that in Queen of Katwe, the true story of a preteen chess prodigy from Uganda whose skill and ...

Three state chess champions hailing from Kalispell represented Montana at the national level competing in U.S. Chess Federation-sponsored tournaments in Norfolk, Virginia in July. David Wilson, who is ...