Maurice Ashley, who became the first Black chess grandmaster in 1999, is using the game of chess to teach life lessons. Ashley fell in love with chess as a 14-year-old high school student after ...

Thousands of new people are delving into the sport of chess on a daily basis now and trying their hand at learning the many principles and theories that have been developed and fine-tuned since chess ...

The newest festival to hit New Orleans is dedicated to one of the oldest games: chess. Long a storied city in chess, New Orleans was home to 19th-century chess genius Paul Morphy, and today it boasts ...