The history of chess is filled with prodigies who seemed destined for greatness before they became adults. Interestingly, elite chess players spend thousands of hours training before they reach their ...

Rittenhouse Square resident and local chess master Greg Shahade is also now a Jeopardy! champion after ending the 31-game win ...

Nadya Ortiz’s natural instinct is to attack. But for the moment, she must bide her time. Ortiz briskly taps her finger against her lip as she studies the chessboard. She is playing black, an immediate ...

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Colorado has a rich history of athletes accomplishing great athletic achievements, and some include chess in that history. According to the Denver Chess Club, the first chess club in the state was ...

Jessica Hyatt says she began playing chess for the very first time on a computer game at the age of 3. "It was one of the games that I fell in love with," says Hyatt, who is now a world-renowned ...

Bodhana Sivanandan attained the title after she beat a 60-year-old Grandmaster during a tournament in Liverpool, England, on Aug. 10 Christopher Furlong/Getty A 10-year-old girl just became the ...

This chess player from Philadelphia is who stands in the way of Jamie Ding winning 32 games in a row on "Jeopardy!"Who is ...