It was "checkmate" for dozens of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students challenging police officers from districts across the city at an annual chess tournament. Now in its seventh year, the Kids and ...

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Chess learned as a child teaches how to solve problems, and some kids like it because it helps take away frustration. At Northeastern State University, the summer Science, Technology, Engineering, ...