Susan Polgar would go to the ends of the earth to raise awareness of the game of chess. There was the event in Florida where she played 326 matches simultaneously, setting a world record. And there ...

"It's now cool to play chess," says Shahade (in black). In March, she and Irina Krush (in white) vied at an art gallery benefit for the U.S. Women's Chess Olympiad Team. Mig Greengard, ChessNinja.com ...

Chess is the type of sport that should lend itself easily to cinema. It's a game which naturally builds in tension as moves escalate towards the match's denouement, exercising both psychological and ...

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