Nearly 20 years ago, I wrote about a chess-teaching program aimed at children ages 8 and up. It used various arcade-like games to teach kids how chess pieces moved and captured. It was a new concept ...

The boys have been playing a lot of chess lately. I’ve actually been surprised by how much they’ve gotten into it. The older two will literally play a dozen times a day and then still want me to play ...

Lots of folks these days are familiar with the monikers "Soccer Mom" and "Hockey Mom." But have you heard of "Chess Dads"? Well, there's a group of Detroit dads that have been making moves for years; ...