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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Summer will be here before you know it, and kids' summer camps are starting to fill up. The after-school organization ASAP is hosting a free week-long program teaching girls to ...

The evolution of the chess queen finds a parallel in rural India, where the “Checkmate Betul” initiative, launched by US-based Avika Shukla, offers free, structured chess training to girls with no ...

A 10-year-old British chess prodigy defeated world champion Mariya Muzychuk — putting her one step closer to becoming the youngest grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan has been described as a "girl wonder, ...

Shehrije Gerbeshi, the founder of the first women’s chess club in Kosovo, wants more women and girls to share her passion – no easy task in a society that has long viewed the game as a ‘men only’ ...

NEW DELHI: The queen was not always the strongest piece in chess. From the inception of "Chaturanga" in India in the 6th century, and through its long journey across the Middle East before reaching ...