ST. LOUIS — Webster University has ended its highly acclaimed Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) chess program, citing financial and VISA issues. Over the course of 14 years, the ...

Citing a lack of funding and a decline in international student enrollment, Webster University has disbanded its top-ranking chess team and program, leaving a number of students — some of the world’s ...

Webster University is eliminating its renowned chess program—which has spawned multiple grandmasters—citing student visa issues and funding, The St. Louis Business Journal reported. Webster ...

One of the most dominant dynasties in college chess history won’t be coming back for the fall semester. In a stunning development, St. Louis-based Webster University announced it was eliminating its ...

South Texas is the chess capital of the state, due in large part to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Its chess team is preparing to defend its national title in competitive collegiate chess.

The young chess player reached instinctively toward his threatened king, scanning the board for safe haven — until his instructor stepped in with a question. “If you move your king out of check, what ...

Black-and-white chess pieces move with precision as Garcia Elementary School fifth grader Elyza Camargo studies the chessboard, already thinking two steps ahead. During a recent after-school day, a ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — On a recent fall afternoon, a group of students at Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori Elementary leaned over a chessboard, their eyes fixed on coach Susan Key as she pointed at each piece ...

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I’m embarrassed to admit this in my mid-forties, but I’ve never understood chess well enough to play a full game. My son and daughter both learned how to play in elementary school. I was glad they had ...