Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton. “Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to women that is awarded by ...
It was billed as a clash of generations, two queens contending for the same crown: on one end, Koneru Humpy, 38, the experienced, stoic millennial who has been India's top female chess player for two ...
Last November, in round eight of the Arab Women’s Chess Championship, Abu Dhabi-raised chess player Rouda Alserkal had a realization. If she won the match, she’d earn enough points to be named a Woman ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Zoey Tang is currently a junior at Westview High School. The 16-year-old discovered chess through a best friend who introduced her to the school’s chess club. “I started learning it ...
While kings and queens move around the chess board, the game itself was long considered a man’s domain. Ashley Lynn Priore set out to change that reality when she was 14. She continues to expand the ...
AFTER four rounds of intense battle over the chessboard, Keron Sandiford and Ciel Clement lead the National Open Chess ...
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Magnus Carlsen is the most influential figure in the world of chess and it is thus significant when he uses his star power to ...
A new documentary highlights the achievements of Judit Polgár, the greatest woman chess player ...