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 ...

Strategy board games aren’t about luck, they challenge players to think ahead, adapt quickly and outmaneuver their opponents. From worker placement to negotiation and clever engine-building, these ...

Danny Rensch is at the vanguard of chess. But to get to where he is now – a self-described “shepherd” for chess in his role as chief chess officer at Chess.com – Rensch has been on quite the life path ...

A look at how Princeton, Monmouth, FDU and NJIT are prepping for tip-off after a wild offseason of free agency.

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29. The Charlotte Chess Center in ...