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Chess champ uses the game to instill life lessons in youngsters
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere was no mistaking the enthusiasm of the tall, heavyset man who held the floor Monday afternoon...
Real-life 'The Queen's Gambit': Maine custodian leads school chess teams
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHAMPDEN, Maine (AP) — David Bishop spends the school day as a mild-mannered custodian, but before...
'She's a blessing to us all': 18-year-old chess prodigy is special in more ways than one
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoPercy Yip is not a parent who will lose on purpose to his child. His daughter, Carissa Yip, learned...
Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: You Don’t Have to Play Chess to Be the Queen
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 5 months agoI have three chess puzzles for you this week, but you don’t need to know the rules of chess for two...
Chess Teaches the Power of Sacrifice
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoESSAY The act of sacrifice holds an elevated and sometimes sacred place in societies across the globe. While sacrifices may be rare in a person’s daily...
MPSD chess players checkmate the competition
The Meridian Star, Miss. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 5—When playing chess, seventh grader Audrey Lee's mind quickly scans the board, trying to figure out her next move based on her opponent's prior move and a guess of what his or her counter ...
The Tories have failed on everything – fixing potholes is all they have left
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn chess, they call it zugzwang. Any legal move that the Tories make now will only drastically...
Review: 'Chess Story' makes masterful moves in taut update of a Stefan Zweig novel
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlthough the blandly nondescript title doesn’t exactly suggest the promise of deep intrigue, Philipp Stölzl’s “Chess Story” masterfully confounds expectations as a tautly calibrated, intricately ...
Jessica Henwick’s Long Game Is Finally Paying Off
InStyle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo major movies after a Marvel show? The Knives Out star is ready to say checkmate. Sheryl Nields Jessica Yu-Li Henwick is a mastermind — and she’s not...
Portland youth chess club gives asylum seekers a sense of belonging
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 23—SOUTH PORTLAND — Uriel Valenbin paused and stared, contemplating his next move. Finally, the 13-year-old moved his black pawn forward. His opponent, 12-year-old Mick Lekulasi, countered ...
