It's not often that a third grader gets to
face off in chess against one of the world's top
players. See full article below. Kid's Challenge Chess Master
Most chess champions play their first game
before age five. Maurice Ashley didn't start
until he was 14...read more. He's No Rook(ie)
A 33-year old chess player who honed his
skills in Brooklyn's Prospect Park has become the
first balck person to achieve the title of
grandmaster, the game's highest rank. New Yorker is
First Black Grandmaster
Eight Harlem teens have all the right
moves - and their finesse at chess has rocketed
them to first place in a national junior high
school competition...read more. Teen
Chess Whizzes Wow Harlem
Six chess champs from a Harlem school
surpassed even their highest hopes at the national
tournament...read more Harle
m's Chess Wiz Kids
Making all the right moves, eight
inner city junior high school students are
building a name for themselves in the world
or chess...read more. Harlem
Rallies Behind Raging Rooks
In a neighborhood where many children skip
school, more than 100 students stay late into the
afternoon at Mott Hall School on 131st
Street. See full article below. Checkmating Adversity with the
Dark Knights