On the Friday evening of Dec. 8, New York native Justus Williams arrived at the Detroit Institute of Arts dressed to impress in a crisp black suit and brown dress shoes for his chess date with 50 ...
At its simplest, chess involves two players moving 16 game pieces each – a king and queen; two rooks, bishops and knights; and eight pawns – from opposite sides of a board composed of 64 ...
When 17-year-old Griffin McConnell was named national chess master in March, it was a major achievement — especially since he earned the prestigious title after undergoing his fourth brain surgery ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A chess champion from Brooklyn who's only 15 years old has been awarded a $40,000 college scholarship. Jessica Hyatt is one of the top 10 Black female chess players in the ...
Any local chess player who has ever yearned to do battle with a master of the game got the chance to accomplish that goal on Feb. 23 at the Willoughby Public Library. International Chess Master Calvin ...
SAN ANTONIO — An anxious silence fell over the Central Library auditorium Saturday as the chess master in a gray ball cap circled the room, taking on 16 opponents at one time. Cuban-born chess teacher ...