"Do you play?" Rose asks, revealing the small chess set inside. Chess' popularity within the league is not new. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar counts himself as a fan. Wilt Chamberlain once played an all ...

Chess has always been a part of Henry Lien’s life. He’s played it since he was 5 years old or so, his tiny hands just big enough to hold the pieces. He grew up in a part of the Bay Area ...

A whole chess set was translated into wearable accessories ... browns and blacks and was manufactured in France by small producers. Le Joly Senoville created the set as his final-year project ...

The nighttime game on Wednesday was a friendly match, but played in public with a specific purpose: to attract attention to the school’s small chess club, both to increase membership and to ...

They’re still riding high. The small but dedicated group of students beat more than 400 students and 67 teams to win the U.S. Chess Federation National High School Championship in their category.