Rochelle Ballantyne, a New York lawyer, is pursuing her dream of becoming the first Black female chess master. Ballantyne said she has been trying to reach her goal for over a decade. Reuters reported ...

Brooklyn native Rochelle Ballantyne, currently ranked an expert by the U.S. Chess Federation, has set her sights on becoming the first Black woman chess master. Law student Rochelle Ballantyne is on a ...

A prominent women’s chess player has accused a fellow player of rape and sexual harassment as she warned a “toxic culture“ of misogyny and sexually predatory behaviour plagues the chess community.

Jessica Hyatt says she began playing chess for the very first time on a computer game at the age of 3. "It was one of the games that I fell in love with," says Hyatt, who is now a world-renowned ...

QUINCY – Think you're a great chess player? Here is one way to find out just how good you are. Chess players of all levels can test their skills against one of only 41 female grandmasters in the sport ...

Bodhana “pulled off the win” after she beat “60-year-old Grandmaster Peter Wells,” per the International Chess Federation A 10-year-old girl just became the youngest person ever to win the Woman ...

A 10-year-old British girl is full of shocking moves, landing her a spot at the top of the chess world in a historic turn of events this week. Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest female player to ...