Two of the world’s best chess players took on 26 kids Monday in a match of speed chess, a prelude to a three-day invitational in Santa Rosa. The boy rested his head on a picnic table overlooking a ...

Varuzhan Akobian was a boy of only 5 years old when he discovered the game of chess. His father was his first opponent, and the match took place shortly after Akobian’s family moved to Mongolia from ...