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 ...

GREENVILLE — When it comes to helping young children develop basic skills, chess and music might seem like complex concepts for them to grasp. One Greenville entrepreneur, however, doesn’t think these ...

Chess has a reputation for cold calculation, but the research tells a warmer story. A study published in Frontiers in Psychology found that regular chess play measurably strengthens children’s ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Inside Dash's Market in North Buffalo, Elijah Rollerson spends his Tuesday and Thursday nights training the next grandmasters. He wanted to provide something different for kids as they ...

The New York revival of “Chess” at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre might be playing to mixed reviews, but reviews for the youth chess meet-ups and classes at area recreation centers and libraries are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A nonprofit is using a $198,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Corrections' Evidence-Based Programs to ...

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 ...

I proudly serve as a math teacher and chess coach at Ella Flagg Young Elementary School within the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). It’s with a sense of urgency and a heavy heart that I shed light on a ...

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 ...

Raymond Strickland brings Emmy Award-winning reporting skills to Philadelphia. He is a natural storyteller who is happiest with a camera in his hands and a story about people to tell. At Saint ...