I hate to admit it, but chess hurts my head. I love playing games, finding patterns, devising strategies, but there is something about chess that frustrates me. I think it is because I end up planning ...

Two players stare intently at a board of 64 black and white squares. They are still except for a sudden grimace or the occasional twitch of an eyebrow. To casual observers, chess could seem boring. To ...

SAN RAFAEL (KPIX 5) If life is like chess, Chris Major wants kids to learn the lessons early. "The job is for me to help them self-manage themselves," Major explained. "Because ultimately that's what ...

In Dan Starbuck Pelletier’s program, the only kings and pawns in the room move on a black-and-white checkerboard. The playing field that exists outside the room is leveled to make way for the world’s ...

The Hoosier Chess Academy was founded to teach chess and make it accessible to children from low-income families. Chess teaches valuable life skills such as concentration, patience, critical thinking, ...