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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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --A Minneapolis man taught hundreds of kids how to win at the game of life. He did it by teaching them how to play chess. Jack Mangan was a volunteer chess coach for more than 20 ...

As a New York City firefighter, Joe Miccio has saved scores of city residents. Now, he’s saving children from getting checkmated. The retired cop turned firefighter is bringing the centuries-old game ...

Compton, California — Chess is a game of make-believe kings and queens, pawns and rooks. So what does that have to do with real life? Turns out, quite a bit. For 12-year-old Andre, chess is more than ...

Meghan Walbert is Lifehacker’s Managing Editor. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a graduate certificate in nonprofit leadership and management from Arizona ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Research shows that playing chess makes you smarter. Now, a local teenager is working to improve the lives of underprivileged children by teaching them chess. Ashley Priore ...

When the Detroit City Chess Club visited a Louisiana town for three days, their intent was to help build a chess program that ...

More and more schools across the U.S. are incorporating chess as a way to increase their students’ academic performance. Elena Donaldson couldn’t agree more. Elena Donaldson is a three-time U.S. women ...

Brothers Aaron and Abram Burnett are usually the first two to arrive at CPR Chess Club -- the CPR standing for Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, Reading -- which meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays at ...

More and more schools across the U.S. are incorporating chess as a way to increase their students’ academic performance. Elena Donaldson is a three-time U.S. women’s chess champion and two-time Russia ...