“Computer Chess” may be the strangest — and most wondrous — film of the year so far, and its director, Andrew Bujalski, doesn’t think it has much to do with chess. The film takes place at an ...

When he started his Vivacity School of Chess a dozen years ago, Aleksandr Kitsis hoped to fill what he saw as a vacuum of quality chess lessons in Greater Cleveland, chess as it was taught back home.

International Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley showed some moves to local youth during an April visit to the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center, 4657 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End.

Chess has been around for centuries, but remains a challenging, ever-evolving game to this day. Levy Rozman a.k.a. GothamChess has been challenged to explain the game of chess to 5 different people; a ...