Any local chess player who has ever yearned to do battle with a master of the game got the chance to accomplish that goal on Feb. 23 at the Willoughby Public Library. International Chess Master Calvin ...
It’s 4 o’clock on Sunday evening when people start to trickle in to the Cooperative Chess Cultural Center on the east side of Columbus. John Hoffman is the first to arrive. At 81 years old, he’s a ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – It might not garner the accolades or attention that football or basketball state titles do, but championships for high school and middle school chess competitors will be held ...
Each weekday morning, before he goes to into work as Information Technologies Manager for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, Dunlap stops at one of the schools, as well as after school on Wednesdays ...
PERRYSBURG, Ohio — A call out to the community for chess players reached its targeted audience, and then some. Strangers met for the first time over a friendly game of chess Tuesday afternoon in ...
His opponents look across the chessboard at a small boy with legs that dangle from the chair and hands that make the pieces seem too big.But they aren't fooled.They have heard of Chris Shen, an 8-year ...
A middle schooler from Texas plans to go up against some of the top chess players in the world Monday, as the Dayton Chess Club hosts its first ever Dayton Masters FIDE tournament. And that ...
In a game of football, basketball or baseball, Kris Meekins and Oliver Koo wouldn’t have stood a chance. But for nearly six hours Sunday, the chess masters played a little 2-on-20 — them against the ...
The chess scene in Central Ohio is flourishing. The game of chess is believed to have originated in India nearly 1500 years ago. Pieces that were once elephants and chariots have since been renamed ...