They shook hands, and the woman in the white wig began by confidently advancing her queen pawn two squares and depressing the chess timer next to the board. The crowd nodded approvingly.

Alexandra and Andrea Botez have made it big in the chess world with their streaming channels, and now they're branching out with lots of personality.

Hungarian Susan Polgar earned chess’ highest honor at age 15. She and her family faced antisemitism and harassment from the ...

Harold Fannin Jr. won’t have a long trip from college to the pros. It’s a short 2-hour commute east from Bowling Green State University to Cleveland (and an even shorter one from his hometown of ...

The Oakland mayoral race is a close call between progressive Barbara Lee and moderate challenger Loren Taylor. In SF, Mayor ...