Education Week

A Chess Grandmaster Makes the Case for Teaching the Game in School

Maurice Ashley knows chess, and he enthusiastically shares that knowledge with kids who want to learn. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame, and the first Black person to earn the title of ...
Fast Company

Duolingo will start teaching chess soon

Popular language learning app Duolingo is giving its bite-size lesson treatment to one of the oldest games in the world: chess. Duolingo’s chess course will take users, who can range from complete ...

9-year-old Philadelphia chess player inspires more girls to make their move: "I want everyone to play"

At just 9 years old, Tanya Sinha is already making her mark in the world of chess — but for her, winning is only part of the ...
Psychology Today

Does Chess Make You Smarter? What Chess Can Teach Us

If chess can sharpen our minds, could it also change how we make decisions, handle mistakes, and respond when our plans fall ...
Entrepreneur

‘Make Chess as Accessible as Possible’: Duolingo’s Next Move Is Teaching Users How to Play Chess

Duolingo is a popular language learning app with 103.6 million monthly active users. The company announced on Tuesday that it is testing a new chess course. Duolingo plans to roll out the chess course ...

'Brains beat bullets': Free Atlanta chess training aims to teach kids to think before they act

Be Someone, Inc. is hosting its free Strategic Leadership Chess Training from noon to 2 p.m. at the Signia by Hilton Atlanta.
Post and Courier

Does teaching chess, music to young kids sound hard? This Greenville business is built on it.

GREENVILLE — When it comes to helping young children develop basic skills, chess and music might seem like complex concepts for them to grasp. One Greenville entrepreneur, however, doesn’t think these ...