On a late winter afternoon, I joined Scott Russo at the Lancaster Sweet Shoppe, where he holds an open space for anyone interested in playing chess on Wednesday evenings from 4-9 p.m. I warm up with a ...

We start with a big personal thank you to D.C.’s venerable Black Knights Chess Team, which earlier this month awarded this column and this columnist a “lifetime achievement award” at its third annual ...

Chess learned as a child teaches how to solve problems, and some kids like it because it helps take away frustration. At Northeastern State University, the summer Science, Technology, Engineering, ...

In Washington Square Park, they don’t agree to draws. The first time I sat down at a black marble table to play one of Manhattan’s celebrated chess hustlers, I weathered the attack and simplified into ...