When music, play, movement, creativity, joy and chess – yes, chess – combine with a group of enthusiastic kids, magic happens ...

Maurice Ashley knows chess, and he enthusiastically shares that knowledge with kids who want to learn. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame, and the first Black person to earn the title of ...

Nearly 20 years ago, I wrote about a chess-teaching program aimed at children ages 8 and up. It used various arcade-like games to teach kids how chess pieces moved and captured. It was a new concept ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - It’s back-to-school season, and if you’re looking for a way to help your child’s development, consider teaching them chess! Experts believe that learning chess may help teach ...

Victor Korchnoi, is an 83-year-old chess master on the tournament circuit who is still going strong. Chess and other mind sports are a very real prevention strategy in the battle against Alzheimeras ...

Garry Kasparov was the highest-rated chess player in the world for over twenty years and is widely considered the greatest player that ever lived. Upon retiring, he attempted to run in Russia’s ...

My father grew up playing chess in his native Philippines, where the game is hugely popular. He became fairly skilled, and even won a few tournaments after immigrating to the U.S. Of course he was ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Research shows that playing chess makes you smarter. Now, a local teenager is working to improve the lives of underprivileged children by teaching them chess. Ashley Priore ...

Just before the big chess tournament, little Naomi Otero needed a pep talk to calm her nerves. Don’t cry if you lose. And shake hands with your opponent if you win, the second-grader heard from her ...

Jamie Yuccas is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. Yuccas joined CBS News as a New York-based correspondent for CBS Newspath in August 2015. Her reporting has been featured across all CBS ...