As an avid chess player, the hit Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit” struck a chord with University of Virginia first-year student Vivian Cao-Dao. But the scenes that really hit home came at the ...

The “queerest anti-imperialist chess club on earth” is using chess to build a community and provide an entry way into radical politics. About a dozen chess players and observers gathered on the patio ...

FOR JACOB EMERT, the chess-themed hit Netflix drama “The Queen’s Gambit” was more than entertainment. It was inspiration. “That’s what got me into it, and I’ve been playing nonstop ever since,” he ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Chess is a game that can be ...

When “The Queen’s Gambit” became a smash hit on Netflix, a chess institute in Pittsburgh with a similar name got plenty of online attention — both good and bad. “We’ve been getting so many tags on ...

PARMA, Ohio -- In a year when everyone was learning about chess while watching the popular Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit,” Gerald Belfer, a lifelong lover of the popular board game, was ...

When thinking of chess, what normally comes to mind is a pair of players dressed in khakis, glasses, and sweater vests. But if you’ve recently seen Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, chess might seem a lot ...

Christine Mitchell of Harborcreek Township is the only woman involved in the Erie Chess Club. But thanks to the Netflix hit "The Queen’s Gambit," she’s optimistic that will change. "The Queen’s Gambit ...

ROCKFORD — Joe Guth grew up learning chess at Ken-Rock Community Center before drifting away from the game in the late 1970s. Then the movie “Searching for Bobby Fischer” came out in 1993 and that ...

When Ashley Priore was growing up, and playing chess professionally, she noticed the space was often hostile towards women. She set out to change that -- and make the world of chess more inclusive.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – DECEMBER 3: Chess Club director Abel Talamantez is photographed at Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News ...