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 ...

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 ...