WILTON—For almost a year the Wilton Public Library has hosted a twice-monthly chess club. Assistant librarian Rachel Conner started the club in January 2016 because of her children’s interest in the ...

The competition commenced in silence. Rows of checkered game boards were sprawled out on long tables in the Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented gym. Opponents quietly planned their ...

Chess is not necessarily a game reserved for people with IQ scores on par with Einstein. In fact, chess strategy may rely more heavily on spatial processing than on logic and computational skills.

At the chess club at the Wilton Public Library Eleanor Hock, left front, plays against Ayawyn Conner, and Jonathan Hock, back left, plays against Thadyn Conner while accomplished player Frank Randle ...