Mariangel Vargas has quickly become a chess champion after only picking up the game last year when she arrived in NYC from Colombia. Helayne Seidman An 11-year-old girl from Colombia is living her ...

In its third year, the weeklong Philly Girls Play Chess camp is the creation of ASAP (After School Activities Partnership). Adia Onyango, a New York-based chess instructor and professional player, ...

The evolution of the chess queen finds a parallel in rural India, where the “Checkmate Betul” initiative, launched by US-based Avika Shukla, offers free, structured chess training to girls with no ...

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NORTH OAKS, Minn. — Alice Lee started playing chess when she was in first grade, tagging along to a chess club with her older brother. For the first few years, she didn’t know how talented she was.

THE Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) continues its calendar of tournaments with the Kitty Square Mall-sponsored National U-16 Rapid Chess Championship, scheduled ...

I grew up in a chess-playing household. My father put his woodworking skills to good use and built a chess table for us to play on, we purchased multiple collectors' sets online, and we even equipped ...