Certain X users felt attacked when the Chess.com account created a joke post asking people to help them rename the "bishop" piece. Right-wing Christians flooded the comments with angry replies, ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Maine elementary school custodian and chess coach Dave Bishop and state champion player fifth grader Avery Zhang. This weekend Baltimore hosts the 2023 National ...

Hampden, Maine — The students at Weatherbee Elementary School in Hampden, Maine, may seem peaceful enough. But start a war on a chessboard and these rookies — with their knight moves — become a royal ...

As a chess coach, David Bishop is often asked the same question by his students: “Mr. Bishop, what’s your favorite chess piece?” “I get that a lot,” said Bishop, who answers that — yes — the ...

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David Bishop spends the school day as a mild-mannered custodian, but before the final bell rings, he grabs his chess boards and pieces and begins his second role. "The Queen’s Gambit" is playing out ...