When 17-year-old Griffin McConnell was named national chess master in March, it was a major achievement — especially since he earned the prestigious title after undergoing his fourth brain surgery ...

Senator Vadim Tyulpanov suggested Thursday that the Education and Science Ministry swap physical education classes for chess lessons in secondary school. In the wake of Russian grandmaster Sergey ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Little Rock elementary school is seeing an educational gambit pay off. After making chess part of the daily curriculum, the school has experienced higher test scores and better ...

For the last two weeks we have been extrapolating many disciplines for life from the profound game of chess. Before we continue, I thought I’d share with you an interesting chess vignette of my own.