A 6-year-old phenom and a female champ. Charleston Chess Club’s still running gambits after 140 years.

Founded in 1885 and reignited by Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit,” Charleston Chess Club meets weekly. Members include a ...
KOAA News5

Finds Under $40: Building community at the Balanced Rook Chess Club

The Balanced Rook Chess Club is a social group dedicated to providing accessibility to the game of chess while also acting as a catalyst for community.
KTTC

Century High School to host 26th annual City Cup chess tournament

Century High school will host the 26th annual Rochester Area Scholastic Chess League (RASCL) City Cup tournament on Saturday in the north cafeteria.
The Times Herald

Teen shares love of chess by teaching others

Happily, the local chess sessions for kids are free of complex subtext and Cold War metaphor. They are certainly different from matches between the game’s earliest players – an iteration called ...

Delco, apparently, is the place where the country’s best Scrabble players meet and compete

South Philly’s Mark Abadi has had a way with word games since he was old enough to pick up a Scrabble board. By 10, he would ...
The Daily Northwestern

Best of Evanston: Chessmen Club addresses hunger, supports community for nearly 70 years

For nearly 70 years, the Chessmen Club of the North Shore has been a staple community organization focused on addressing issues of hunger, health and literacy in Evanston. Founded in 1958 by late ...