Shelby Lyman on Chess: Chess a Guarantee of Poverty? Sunday, February 21, 2016 (Published in print: Sunday, February 21, 2016) As a teenager, I was told repeatedly by adults around me that chess was a waste of time. Even...
Addressing rising poverty
Students learned to play chess during a class at Promise Academy 2, run by Harlem Children’s Zone. The group, which created a web of community services in Harlem to aid impoverished children and families, has become a model for...
Rising from the depths of poverty
A chess champion rises from depths of povertyMonday, January 7, 2008 Coming from a shanty home, 16-year-old chess player Kübra Öztürk asserts that achievement in sports is about enthusiasm, not about opportunities and two back-to-back titles at the European...