Two people hunched over a black and white checkered board ... Maria Emelianova is a leading chess photographer, tasked with traveling the world to document the highs and lows of the sport.

In response to the ‘chess is the new cricket’ claim, there should have been a fifth point of difference—chess can tell the difference between black and white.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has accused fellow ... while outplaying me as black in a way I only think a handful of players can do. This game contributed to changing my perspective.” ...

rather than black and white, offers better visual contrast with the pieces during play. No wonder it’s allegedly the most popular plastic chess set in the world, according to the manufacturer.

And on this day, a few lucky kids from the New Rochelle-White Plains Kappa League ... city after city in the U.S. and you see Black kids playing chess,” Ashley told ESSENCE.