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The Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) is proud to announce that it will host its upcoming Chess Kings Invitational , a celebrity chess tournament, at the…

“Brooklyn Castle” is the exhilarating story of five students from I.S. 318, a public school in Brooklyn that serves mostly minority students from families living…

In promotion of his new RZA’s World App, The Wu-Tang Abbot challenges Jay-Z to a friendly game of chess. “What up Jigga, holla at the RZA. Let’s get a game goin,” he says while brandishing some seriously over-the-top jewelry. One of the app’s features is a 3D chess game. “I think that would be a […]

When Bronx student Justus Williams started third grade at P.S. 70, his mother, Latisha, urged him to take on chess. The hobby was “less common” than basketball, she said. But Justus wasn’t enthusiastic at first. As it turned out, mom knew best.