Years ago, when her eighth-graders struggled with basic subtraction, teacher Rita Frenzel tried something different: She taught them chess. The math scores climbed, and so did a passion that would ...

A magician takes on a skilled New York City chess hustler in a thrilling match that combines strategy, surprise, and quick ...

This unconventional path, rejected by purists and loved by eccentrics, has origins dating back to the nineteenth century but ...