Tunde Onakoya, a chess champion, aims to break the global record for the longest chess marathon in New York City’s Times Square. Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children's education across ...

The kings of the elementary school chess world now wear backpacks from Brooklyn. A team of six public school students from PS ...

Chess titan Magnus Carlsen quit a pair of tournaments in New York Friday after the sport’s governing body told him he couldn’t wear jeans while participating in his matches. The International Chess ...

They’re all kings and queens! Students at the Rosalyn Yalow Charter School in the South Bronx — where 22% of pupils are homeless and nearly all are economically disadvantaged — just won a New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Nigerian Chess Player In New York Just Played For 60 Hours Straight, Breaking A World Record | Photo: Jacques Julien via ...

Many New Yorkers braved the cold — on a Saturday morning, no less — to join Wemby for a chess game. The event caught the attention of curious pedestrians, who stopped by and captured it on their ...

Victor Wembanyama—No. 1 NBA draft pick and .... chess legend? Roughly 10 hours after asking his legion of X followers where he should play chess in NYC, the 7'3" reigning Rookie of the Year announced ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A little more than a year ago, Mariangel Vargas, left her native Colombia and with her family made a dangerous walk across Mexico, eventually coming to New York City. Now, at the ...