Alexis LaLoge, 8, Goshen, plays chess against her mother Bethany Wednesday afternoon at the Goshen Public Library on the library’s new giant chess board. The pieces are about 2 feet tall. The Goshen ...

CLEVELAND — Chess is a game of strategy. Of discipline. Of thinking ahead. It’s also a game with deep roots in Cleveland, where a third-floor room in the Cleveland Public Library’s Main Branch houses ...

For Fairport Harbor Village resident Steve Neff, learning how to play chess as a child provided him with more than just a fun activity. “I felt that chess helped me in a lot of ways in different ...