Rows and rows of books fill the Johnston Library. Ironically, the best story in the library isn’t on a shelf. Jesse James Lozano spent many summers at the library surrounded by books, but he wasn’t ...

You first met Avi Kaplan on these pages in 2022. Then a 15-year-old freshman at Lane Tech College Prep, Kaplan had finished second among ninth-graders at the U.S. Chess Federation's National K-12 ...

When 17-year-old Griffin McConnell was named national chess master in March, it was a major achievement — especially since he earned the prestigious title after undergoing his fourth brain surgery ...

Decades after crushing it in international tourneys, this CEO still draws on his 3-step thought process behind every chess move to run his international tech company. Years before the notion of ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s upcoming Chess Masters: The Endgame competition format was inspired by so much more than The Queen’s Gambit, its producer has revealed. For Camilla Lewis, who runs Chess Masters ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Across cultures and generations, the game of chess is a universal language. “Chess is a fight. We are warriors of the mind,” said Pierre, a 60-year-old chess player. “My ...

A chess master who coaches at 10 East Valley schools resigned this month from the U.S. Chess Federation executive board following a November reprimand alleging ethics violations. Robert Tanner, who ...

NEW YORK, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Law student Rochelle Ballantyne is inspired by her grandmother and hopes to be a beacon for her 10-year-old sister as she pursues the title of chess master. It would be a ...

At West Berlin’s chess championship in 1984, Danish master Klaus Berg faced off against a nerdy-looking teen from Seattle called Bobby Ferguson. The match lasted only 19 moves. Ferguson suddenly ...

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a 10-year-old in New York, just became the country's newest national chess master. At the Fairfield County Chess Club Championship tournament in Connecticut on May 1, Adewumi won ...