At a private home in Park City, Utah, Alec Baldwin sat across a chess board from Judit Polgár – he sighted, she blindfolded.

Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players.

The Springboard blog highlights the experiences of Jewish teens and Jewish teen professionals participating in community programs across Chicagoland and beyond. Dive into blogs about different Jewish ...

Speaking of chess,ARISFAccessionIOCIt is a representative of "brain game" which also has aspects of sports, such as being approved sports, but now chess Japan representative who is training a European ...

Now, he has improved his record to a step further by becoming the first blind Indian in history to cross the 2100 Elo rating and the first currently active visually impaired player in Asia to achieve ...

Indian teams celebrated historic victories at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest with maiden gold medals for both men and women. The men's team stayed unbeaten throughout the tournament, while the ...

If chess startup MGD1’s founders Manu Gurtu and Sreekar Channapragada are to be believed, the two disciplines are fundamentally the same. "We believe that chess is an esport. Even over-the-board chess ...

Chess grandmaster and former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who has waged a highly public campaign in defense of his nomination as Russia's candidate for the presidency of the World Chess Federation, ...

This interview was conducted with Adisa Banjoko by email February 9-11, 2012. Adisa is the founder of the Hip-Hop Chess Federation which just celebrated its 5th anniversary of helping young people in ...