Ernest Levert Jr., right, a Columbus East Side resident and founding director of The Royal Oak Initiative, plays chess with Dylan Jian, of Columbus, during Upper Cup Chess open play at The Cooperative ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- In the world of chess, everything is equal. It's not about your age, your race or your socioeconomic background. One Brooklyn man is proving that and inspiring a new generation ...

Perhaps it was his death that brought me back. A chessboard became the only place where I could still be near him. This time ...

Centuries of wisdom about chess endgames — the established truths about who will win or draw when the game comes down to its last pieces — have suddenly been overthrown by a few weeks of work by ...

I was replaying some games from the National Qualifiers Tournament that was held to identify entrants for the 2024 National Chess Championship which began yesterday. First of all I was thrilled to ...

When 13-year-old Joshua Doknjas of Surrey, B.C. submitted his first article to the prestigious New in Chess Yearbook, his publisher asked for a photo. “I remember they were very surprised, and they ...

The request was a bit unusual. "Can you come to my house for a play date? Attempting to seal the deal, the four-year-old boy adds, "I'll teach you how to play chess." I respond with a "that would be ...

The reggae beats of Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved" are punctuated by the sound of rain each time someone opens the door to the Cooperative Chess Cultural Center in Columbus' Olde Towne East. It's a ...