When Juan Luaces looks around local parks and schools, he sees unfulfilled possibilities for the desert's youth.

The Mechanics' Institute Chess Club - the oldest chess club in the U.S. - conducts its 10th A.J. Fink Amateur Championship March 13 and 14.

Artist Gavin Nolan gives Lauren a crash-course in chess tactics, shares what it takes to be Hitler's stunt double and lets her have a sneaky peek at some of his latest paintings.

A chess tournament is underway this weekend in Greensboro. The In State Chess Championship began Friday at the Koury Convention Center.

The French Defense is one of the best known, and effective openings at black's disposal.

UNB, Dhaka Masuda Begum retained solo lead in the preliminary phase of the 31st National Women Chess Championship with 4.5 points after the 5th round matches at the Chess Federation hall room on Thursday.

Hopefully you've read a bit of sarcasm into the title of this piece, because I truly expect that Tobey Maguire is quite likely happy to set aside the Spider-Man costume.

Gurgaon, Feb 21 : The 30th National Club Open Team Chess Championship and 8th National Club Team Chess Championship for Women got off to an impressive start at DAV Public School here today.

Six-year-old Cassandra Wright,of Penngrove, Calif., reacts to a move by her opponent during a chess tournament for girls Saturday at Ursuline High School in Santa Rosa, Calif.

The Sarah Palin = 3-d chess grandmaster contingent is growing. The latest supporter of the thesis is the NYT 's Frank Rich .

Actor, activist and filmmaker Edward James Olmos gave an impassioned speech to the Brownsville School Board at its meeting Tuesday evening, urging them to fund a documentary film that depicts the successful story of chess in Brownsville.

There are six different shapes of chess pieces. Each of them moves in a specific way different from each of the others.

From : Mihran Keheyian Date : Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:58:09 +0400 GEVORG MINASYAN TAKES SECOND PLACE IN FLANDERS CHESS TOURNAMENT Tert.am 12:03 ~U 12.02.10 The second place winner in the Flanders chess championship, which took place in the Belgian town of Mechelen, was eight-year-old Gevorg Minasyan.

The Poop reader Marissa sent this link a couple of weeks ago, displaying the geeky yet hilarious trend of glueing chess pieces to a board and then getting your picture taken on the big drop of a roller coaster or log ride.

GEORDIE theatre producer Michael Harrison is to take on a mammoth task, re-staging the smash hit musical Chess, to premiere in Toon.