The “queerest anti-imperialist chess club on earth” is using chess to build a community and provide an entry way into radical politics. About a dozen chess players and observers gathered on the patio ...

As an avid chess player, the hit Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit” struck a chord with University of Virginia first-year student Vivian Cao-Dao. But the scenes that really hit home came at the ...

FOR JACOB EMERT, the chess-themed hit Netflix drama “The Queen’s Gambit” was more than entertainment. It was inspiration. “That’s what got me into it, and I’ve been playing nonstop ever since,” he ...

When thinking of chess, what normally comes to mind is a pair of players dressed in khakis, glasses, and sweater vests. But if you’ve recently seen Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, chess might seem a lot ...

Ashley Lynn Priore has a quick response when I ask her what she thinks of the hit show The Queen’s Gambit. “We were here first!” she says, only half-jokingly. Priore, 21, is the founder, president, ...

ST. LOUIS – Chess is a game that can be traced back over 1,000 years but it is suddenly one of the hottest games this holiday season. The newfound popularity of the game is being attributed to people ...

Wherever Sultan-Diego LeBlond goes, a chess club follows. Or maybe that’s just how it feels. Chess is that significant a part of the 25-year-old’s identity. Instead of asking his parents for video ...

The day after Netflix’s ode to fluidity “The Queen’s Gambit” premiered, Google searches for the term “chess” spiked to nearly double what they had been the year prior. There had already been what Levy ...