Kentucky governor Matt Bevin appeared surprised that black school children play chess during a filmed visit to a middle school in Louisville, Kentucky. Speaking ahead of his visit to the West ...

Maurice Ashley, who became the first Black chess grandmaster in 1999, is using the game of chess to teach life lessons. Ashley fell in love with chess as a 14-year-old high school student after ...

On top of that, she is just a few ranks away from making history as the first Black woman chess master in the world! Jessica, who is one of the top 10 Black female chess players in the US ...

As the youngest African American chess master, Williams is catching the attention of the black community, a group not often linked to the game. What’s next for Justus? Williams continues to ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, Zeb Fortman II rose quickly as a champion in the chess world at a time when very few Black men played competitively. He was a few points away from becoming a master when he ...

His name is Maurice Ashley. He is the first Black person to be named International Grand Master in the game of chess. He is arguably one of the dopest chess players alive according to the ...