One day after his greatest discovery, Chuck Berry, turned 90, the legendary hit man Phil Chess passed away at the age of 95 (on October 19). Chess and his brother, Leonard Chess, cofounded their ...

The Netflix miniseries “Queen’s Gambit” inspired recollections of world-famous chess master portraits created roughly a century ago by my father, David Friedmann. It was exciting to hear some of the ...

Rajabov is ranked number 10 in the world, and earned the title of Grandmaster at the age of 14, making him the second-youngest grandmaster in history at the time. Azeri-Jewish chess grandmaster ...

You first met Avi Kaplan on these pages in 2022. Then a 15-year-old freshman at Lane Tech College Prep, Kaplan had finished second among ninth-graders at the U.S. Chess Federation’s National K-12 ...

The Springboard blog highlights the experiences of Jewish teens and Jewish teen professionals participating in community programs across Chicagoland and beyond. Dive into blogs about different Jewish ...

The famous Jewish chess champion of Czechoslovakia, Richard Reti, died here yesterday at the age of 40. Death was due to scarlet fever. Reti had participated in many chess tournaments and held the ...

Mischa Botwinink, the Soviet chess champion, and Salo Flohr, the champion of Czechoslovakia, won the world’s championship jointly in the international chess tournament which concluded here yesterday.

(JTA) — Daniel Naroditsky, a Jewish chess grandmaster and former child prodigy who became one of the game’s most popular voices through his streaming, commentary and teaching, has died at 29.

There is probably no game as difficult and captivating as chess. Millions of people break their heads over strategies to win this game and spend years learning its ins and outs. It holds them captive ...

Chabad of West Boca Raton is partnering with a chess coach to host a tournament for children on March 14. The chess tournament takes place from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Chabad center, 19701 FL-7 in Boca ...

A world-class Iranian chess referee who made headlines after announcing she would not return home following an international championship as she no longer wanted to keep her hair covered with a hijab, ...

The international chess community was struck with grief on Monday, as the Charlotte Chess Center announced the sudden passing of Jewish-American Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky at the age of 29. In a ...