Some parents are signing their children up for chess lessons to get a break, and to teach them how to express themselves. By Lam Thuy Vo Ellis Clifton draws a grid with yellow chalk, counting each row ...

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — At the Saint Louis Chess Club, every day brings new choices and more and more people are seeing value in that. "We have about a thousand members and I think 20 or 30,000 go to ...

A chessboard with black and white boxes and 32 pieces are the tools that Teglia found to face violence and marginality. He shared his method with children and teenagers from vulnerable areas and ...

“You’ve got to play with what you’ve got.” Those words are applicable to everything in life, but Candice Usher, a fifth-grade teacher at Fuller School of Excellence on Chicago’s South Side, was ...

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 ...

SAN RAFAEL (KPIX 5) If life is like chess, Chris Major wants kids to learn the lessons early. "The job is for me to help them self-manage themselves," Major explained. "Because ultimately that's what ...

The children sit on the floor, mildly wiggling, as their teacher starts the class. "Today's lesson is getting you to find the pressure point," David Brooks begins, talking so fast that it sounds like ...

In Dan Starbuck Pelletier’s program, the only kings and pawns in the room move on a black-and-white checkerboard. The playing field that exists outside the room is leveled to make way for the world’s ...

Chess legend Viswanathan Anand’s children’s book "Lightning Kid" shares 64 life and chess lessons from his journey, teaching young readers resilience, strategy, humility, and success, adapted from his ...

“Chess works on character and good sportsmanship,” he said. “The kids are responsible, respectful and they build relationships.” Fazekas said chess encourages critical thinking skills, helps test ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Young Austinites are getting a chance to learn the classic game of chess at the George Washington Carver Museum. The chess program is part of an Austin Parks and Recreation program ...