Maurice Ashley knows chess, and he enthusiastically shares that knowledge with kids who want to learn. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame, and the first Black person to earn the title of ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — James McCray loves teaching young kids how to play chess. Elijah is only 6 years old, but he's learned a lot about the game. Elijah read to WPTV the thank you note he wrote to ...

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — A Stone Mountain man is changing the lives of children through the beautiful game of chess. For Chess Master Orrin Hudson, chess is more than moving pieces on a board, it’s a ...

BETTENDORF, Iowa — STEAM On Wheels, a Quad Cities non-profit, is using virtual reality to teach kids at its chess club to think quicker and act faster; spicing up how they play a centuries-old game.

“We relate chess to life,” says Ge Wright, program coordinator for Make a Chess Move (MACM) – a growing east Denver-based nonprofit that provides both in-school and out-of-school programming and ...

Duolingo isn't just for languages anymore. Now, the app can teach you chess. Duolingo is set to launch a new course to help folks learn chess in the coming weeks. Right now, the course is only ...

Jack Heller, 17, a junior at Walter Payton College Prep High School, learned to play chess from his father when he was just 4. He started competing in chess tournaments when he reached double digits.

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — The only African American in the Missouri Chess Hall of Fame lives here in the Kansas City area. In the 1970s and 1980s, Zeb Fortman II rose quickly as a champion in the chess ...