Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A long-running student chess program in Palm Beach County is expanding its focus on girls, supported by a national grant aimed at ...

(NewsNation) — Two 10-year-old girls beat two chess grandmasters just hours apart in tournaments in England and the U.S. on Aug 10. Bodhana Sivanandan and Keya Jha toppled a previous world record for ...

For over a century, chess has had more than 1,700 Grandmasters, yet not one has been a Black woman. Chess Is for Black Girls is on a mission to change that by increasing representation and access for ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Their focus is unwavering. Their decisions are calculated and meticulous. Their love for chess is unmatched. "Problem solving is what we need in life to help us do stuff," tournament ...

The brightest minds in American chess -- from rising prodigies to seasoned champions -- will converge once again in the nation's Chess Capital as Saint Louis hosts the 2025 U.S. Senior, Junior, and ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Summer will be here before you know it, and kids' summer camps are starting to fill up. The after-school organization ASAP is hosting a free week-long program teaching girls to ...

Coach Dr. Nancy Keller was thrilled when she saw the Oregon Girl’s Championship February 4th and realized she had six dedicated Coos County girls who had been regularly attending local chess ...

One Woodland 16-year-old will compete in a high-level tournament of kings, queens, nights and pawns at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Chess Championship. Rochelle Wu is one of only 10 players that qualified ...

For a sport that prides itself on logic, chess has spent decades clinging to one of the least logical traditions of all: separating women from men. There are no tackles to absorb, no finish lines to ...

A one-year grant from the U.S. Chess Federation will help encourage girls ages 5-11 to learn, compete and stay involved in chess. Antonis Loudaros established the chess program at The Greene School in ...