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Chess

American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29

  • Oct 21, 2025

Chess prodigy makes history with win over 60-year-old grandmaster

  • Aug 17, 2025

Russian chess player accused of poison plot during championship

  • Aug 9, 2024

11-year-old migrant transforms into chess prodigy

  • Dec 19, 2023

Tiempo: Young asylum seekers connect while learning chess

  • Apr 23, 2023

Teen grandmaster 'likely cheated' in dozens of matches: Chess website

  • Oct 5, 2022

12-year-old becomes world's youngest chess grandmaster

  • Jul 2, 2021

Students receive chess sets, learning valuable lessons from game

  • Jun 24, 2021

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Houston ISD student helps save his coach during heart attack

  • Aug 22, 2022
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Students given chess sets to learn game, lessons

  • Jun 16, 2021
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Meet America's youngest Chess Master, Tani Adewumi

  • May 10, 2021
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9-year-old NYC chess player nicknamed 'Showtime' making moves

  • Apr 27, 2021
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Chess Master from NYC organizes tournaments for inmates

  • Feb 25, 2021
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John Leguizamo makes directorial debut with 'Critical Thinking'

  • Oct 6, 2020
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South Side Artist Brings Street Chess to Downtown Chicago

  • Oct 1, 2019
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Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn wins New York City chess championship

  • Jun 5, 2017

Latest Stories

9-year-old New York chess champ credits game for making difference in his life

A 9-year-old state chess champion is preparing for nationals and reflecting on all the ways the game has helped make an impact on his life.

  • Apr 28, 2021

Chess Master from Bronx organizes tournaments for inmates

A man from the Bronx is visiting prisons across the country to help make a difference -- one move at a time.

  • Feb 25, 2021

John Leguizamo makes directorial debut with 'Critical Thinking'

We're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a look at a group of students from one of the poorest communities in Miami who beat the best high school chess players in the nation. This true story has inspired a new movie, "Critical Thinking."

  • Oct 6, 2020
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Chess victory is ticket out of NYC homeless shelter for 8-year-old boy and his family

The New York Times reported that Tani Adewumi won the state chess title for his age group this month even though he learned to play only about a year ago.

  • Mar 20, 2019

Edward R. Murrow High School wins NYC chess championship

The students at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn are breaking barriers beyond the classroom.

  • Feb 6, 2017