Alton Middle School's chess team wins second place in 2026 Alton Deanery Chess League, led by advisor Ilyas Kantar, promoting ...

Chess is widely seen as a great equalizer. Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the ...

HAMPDEN, Maine — David Bishop spends the school day as a mild-mannered custodian, but before the final bell rings, he grabs his chess boards and pieces and begins his second role. “The Queen’s Gambit” ...

Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov once referred to the game as a "psychologically brutal" one in which players must brave the risk of failure to succeed. For dozens of middle schoolers Saturday, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A small chess team from Detroit scored a big win this past weekend, taking second place in a national chess tournament. The University Prep Science and Math Middle School chess team ...

A new study reveals that medieval chess was a powerful vehicle for promoting racial harmony. While contemporary medieval art often depicted non-white individuals in extreme roles, representations of ...

Move over basketball, football and volleyball, there is a new activity taking the Bigfork Middle School by storm — chess. When Sam Tudor started a chess club at the high school several years ago, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Archangel 8 Chess Academy will host the inaugural Buffalo Middle School Chess Championships on Saturday, April 20 on the second floor of the Downtown Central Library at ...