In the 1920s, Cuba produced a world champion, one of the best chess players ever, Capablanca. Every Cuban knows the name Capablanca, the way we know Babe Ruth.

With self-taught expertise in language, he was able to converse in Spanish and German with other chess players. He enjoyed the opportunity to get to know Cuban chess players at the tournaments in ...

On Thursday, Cervantes is also playing in the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in the Central West End. She's competing against the top 14 players in the country.

An 8-year-old chess prodigy made history as the youngest player to defeat a chess grandmaster. The boy, Aswath Kaushik, beat Jacek Stopa at a chess tournament in Switzerland. Kaushik, who was born ...