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Only African-American chess grandmaster wants to inspire a younger generation

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Maurice Ashley, 45, is one of just 1,000 ches grandmasters in the world. He’s also the only African-American and he’s hoping to use that status to inspire a new, younger generation of African-Americans to take up the sport.

In Armenia, schools bring chess into the classroom

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Slideshow: Learning Chess in Elementary School

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Chessboxing in the UK

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The game of chess boxing

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World chess competition

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The title of “world chess champion” is up for grabs in Bonn, Germany. The two finalists – from India and from Russia — are battling through a 12-game match.

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Women’s world chess competition boycott

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The women’s world chess championship is underway in Russia. Nine players are boycotting the game because of the Russia-Georgia conflict. Lisa Mullins speaks to a player, Irina Krush.

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The World – Episode 20071109 – First chess-boxing world championship

The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports on the first-ever Chess-Boxing World Championship held this week in Berlin.

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