Every Tuesday, the lunch tables at my son’s school are packed with kids, their shoulders hunched over game boards, deep in thought. There are no video monitors. Not an electronic cable to be found.

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

Queen’s pawn to “d4” is a classic opening move in the game of chess. Enrollees in the Freedom Chess Academy are learning chess moves and more this summer as they hone their skills in weekly sessions ...

It's described as a game of skill, strategy and thinking ahead while you wait for your opponent to make his move. It's said to foster skills such as reasoning, patience, not jumping to conclusions and ...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Kai Tabor of Port Orange has been playing chess since he was 3 years old. Now, at 15, he's teaching other kids to play. Chess, a game of total concentration and strategy, first ...

Chess is more than just a game; it’s a powerful brain-developing activity that sharpens a child’s mind and builds essential ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – Kids and adults gathered Saturday to play against some of the best chess players in the world. Children as young as 10 competed with international champions who flew in from ...

NORMAL — At 5 years old, Eleanor Schenk already knows when she’s met her match. “I had three pawns and a king, so I had to call it quits,” she reported to her father, Andrew Schenk, following her ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. International Master Awonder Liang considers his next move against fellow International Master Michael Brown (not pictured), of ...