BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team look at why sportspeople like Erling Haaland, Victor Wembanyama and Eberechi Eze are all chess superfans.

South Texas is the chess capital of the state, due in large part to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Its chess team ...

It all began as a Reddit post, when two strangers started messaging about where to play chess. With each of them searching for a casual and social way to engage in their shared hobby, they decided to ...

NEW YORK-- Victor Wembanyama played 1-on-1 with fans at a park in New York City on Saturday. Last season's NBA rookie of the year even lost a couple of games. But instead of basketball, Wemby was ...

South Oak Cliff High School is known for excellence on the football field, but there's another activity where students excel...chess. "We're on the football team, we're also on the basketball team," ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - At George Owens Nature Park in Independence, you can enjoy the nature trails, wildlife, and on Thursdays, pick-up chess games. “We started after COVID,” said Jeff Umbreit, a ...

Online matches are gaining popularity, but chess club is all about the thrill of good old-fashioned board play. On a Wednesday night in July, chess boards and timers crowd tables at Ladybird Grove & ...

Chess is widely seen as a great equalizer. Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People play chess all over the world, but can the game actually make you smarter? Every Christmas, my family follows the same ...

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial ...