Chess is often described as the “gymnasium of the mind,” and for good reason. The ancient game, combining strategy, logic, ...

On a recent day after classes at Hidden Valley Elementary School in Savage, dozens of kids flocked together to an auditorium near the cafeteria. They gathered for chess club, which this school year ...

Two people hunched over a black and white checkered board, deliberating what moves they will make, how their opponent might counter and how they might counter that counter, with barely a flicker of ...

“Dare to Know: Chess in the Age of Reason” tells the story of how chess, during the 18th-century Enlightenment, became a game played by all people, not just kings and clergy. “The Enlightenment ...