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I hate to admit it, but chess hurts my head. I love playing games, finding patterns, devising strategies, but there is something about chess that frustrates me. I think it is because I end up planning ...

I never understood the benefits of chess because I never learned to play the game. As a kid I would watch the adults play the game and sit for hours methodically choosing their moves. In fact, I ...

As a New York City firefighter, Joe Miccio has saved scores of city residents. Now, he’s saving children from getting checkmated. The retired cop turned firefighter is bringing the centuries-old game ...

CHICO — In three hours, Bill Bynum can teach 30 kids how to play chess. He’s done it countless times. “They can learn to play real chess; it’s easy to learn. What’s difficult is to become an advanced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When music, play, movement, creativity, joy and chess – yes, chess – combine with a group of enthusiastic kids, magic happens.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Research shows that playing chess makes you smarter. Now, a local teenager is working to improve the lives of underprivileged children by teaching them chess. Ashley Priore ...