The West Fresno Middle School Chess Team has achieved numerous championships and honors, teaching the students the importance of strategic thinking and life lessons.

Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.

Popular Nigerian chess player, Tunde Onakoya, has said he wanted to be a billionaire and have a lot of power. He made this known in a viral interview.

India is eager to turn kids into chess masters. Above: Trainer Selvabharathy — he has just one name — conducts a class at the Madras School of Chess in Chennai, using the online platform ...

But one 6-year-old girl, Rivina, says some parents at chess tournaments also get overbearing. "They will say, 'I will give you dinner only if you win this game.' Some kids will just cry if they don't ...