Rialto USD’s after-school chess program helps students build critical thinking, focus and resilience—ending with a Chess Masters tournament featuring 20 students districtwide.

For many kids, summer means sleeping in late, hanging out with friends and having a whole lot of fun. For some, it’s also means strategizing their next move. A new program teaches kids a game that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A long-running student chess program in Palm Beach County is expanding its focus on girls, supported by a national grant aimed at ...

The P.S. 145 Parent Teacher Association is aiming to raise $17,000 by mid-January through a GoFundMe campaign in order to continue the school’s new chess curriculum. New this fall, in-curriculum chess ...

EVESHAM >> The large front room is bright, colorful and full of energy. Dozens of tables are set up with chess boards and chess pieces on them. Children start to come into the South Jersey Innovation ...

EFFECT ON JULY 1ST. WELL, SOME OFHE T COUNTRY’S BEST CHSES PLAYERS LEARNED THE GAME AS STUDENTS AT JEFRSFEON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT’S PART OF AN AFTER-SCHOOL ...

Team members said they improve as chess players by embracing humility, dedication and the joy of the game.

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, Saint Louis Public Schools and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are partnering to launch St. Louis CHESS Cops. The CHESS acronym stands ...

In rural Franklin County, Mississippi, just seven of the 93 high school graduates last year went on to a four-year college. But that number may rise dramatically over the next few years, thanks to a ...