The Hoosier Chess Academy was founded to teach chess and make it accessible to children from low-income families. Chess teaches valuable life skills such as concentration, patience, critical thinking, ...

This story is part of WTOP’s Small Business September coverage. Each week, WTOP will be highlighting small businesses across the D.C. region, along with financial, government and other organizations ...

In Dan Starbuck Pelletier’s program, the only kings and pawns in the room move on a black-and-white checkerboard. The playing field that exists outside the room is leveled to make way for the world’s ...