Summer 2023 is pretty action-packed for Mid-Atlantic denizens of the world’s most popular board game. This upcoming weekend, Virginia amateur chess players will square off in an online tournament ...

April 19 (UPI) --A Nigerian chess master is more than 50 hours into his attempt to play chess for 60 consecutive hours and break a Guinness World Record in the process. Tunde Onakoya started playing ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A chess champion from Brooklyn who's only 15 years old has been awarded a $40,000 college scholarship. Jessica Hyatt is one of the top 10 Black female chess players in the ...

Matt Jensen has been playing chess since he was four years old when his grandfather taught him on a camping trip. Not soon after he fell in love with the game. That love and passion for chess have ...

SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries (WCHOF), the leading chess cultural center in the country, will present “Charles Houska: Master of Play,” a joyful and colorful ...