Whether an expert searching to hone their skills, or a beginner who’s eager to learn the basics, the Berkeley Chess School, or BCS, has something in store for many individuals this summer. Elizabeth ...

In 1981, Elizabeth Shaughnessy, an Irish mother of three, was asked by her son’s Bay Area elementary school to help provide after-school opportunities for students. As a former Irish women’s chess ...

A crowd showed up at City Council on October 2, 2023. It was a new crowd, a young crowd, full of people who hadn’t been there before. And many of them appeared to be new to council’s procedures. There ...

Things looked bleak for Josiah Stearman of Martinez as he competed in the Grade-Level State Chess Championship at the University of the Pacific in Stockton on Dec. 4 and 5. After only three moves, he ...