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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Danny Rensch, an American chess International Master, co-founded Chess.com, now a global platform with over 225 million users and a $1 billion valuation. His journey began with early chess brilliance, ...

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 ...