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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What Can a Chess Master Teach You About Making the Right Moves? image shutterstock 111719201 600x398 Garry Kasparov was the ...

AKRON, Ohio – In Santosh Kanakkanatt’s world, life is black and white. And the way he sees it, that’s not a bad thing. The ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — At the Saint Louis Chess Club, every day brings new choices and more and more people are seeing value in that. "We have about a thousand members and I think 20 or 30,000 go to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Macedonia – Community Focus has added a new monthly show titled “Y Not Chess?” Host Tony Dunlap Sr. is a chess enthusiast and ...

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 ...

Jeff Bulington was new in town. He'd recently arrived from Memphis on a mission to teach chess to the children of Franklin County, Mississippi, when a man in an SUV spotted him. The man stopped the ...

Levy Rozman wrote a book that introduces infants to the chess board. But he doesn't just want parents to teach their kids the game. Here's why he thinks chess should be required in every classroom.