The P.S. 145 Parent Teacher Association is aiming to raise $17,000 by mid-January through a GoFundMe campaign in order to continue the school’s new chess curriculum. New this fall, in-curriculum chess ...

A free chess program for kids has debuted in Bridgeport this month, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. The Starbuck Foundation, started by Dan Starbuck Pelletier, offers the online program for kids ...

As many companies struggle to stay afloat, one local business made a successful transition to the web. Dan Starbuck Pelletier is the owner of Dig USA Chess, a local tutoring company that helps kids ...

Erie’s Blasco Library welcomes kids to its chess club. Experienced players can play face-to-face with an opponent. Beginners ...

A school in the North Bay has become the only one in the country that has received international recognition for its chess program and how its teaching the game to a new generation. Joshua Gonzalez ...

STATEN ISLAND, NY - OAKWOOD -- Students at PS 50 are finding that bishops join in battle and knights often do save the day. That's because a number of first- through fifth-grade students are learning ...

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, Saint Louis Public Schools and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are partnering to launch St. Louis CHESS Cops. The CHESS acronym stands ...

Texas Tech University made history by being named Chess College of the Year by The United States Chess Federation, along with the program's head coach Alex Onischuk being named Grandmaster of the Year ...

But that number may rise dramatically over the next few years, thanks to a chess program that has broadened the outlooks of hundreds of school children, while lifting the hopes of their parents and ...

Mizzou Chess Program coach and manager Cristian Chirilia practices with team captain Grigory Oparin on Tuesday, Jan. 30. After winning the 2024 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship, the team is ...

FAIRVIEW LIBRARY — In many respects, the group’s members have little in common. They range in age from 3-and-a-half to 92 and speak a variety of different languages — Russian, Chinese, Spanish and ...