I don’t mind losing to Wally, but being in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic ... Some days we spend roughly 23 hours in our 6-by-10 cells. And on top of everything, board games—including chess—have ...

The letter I received from my former student thanked me for teaching him chess in fifth grade. It was a setup. Now, 11 years later, he was inviting me to play his game of chess — inmates’ chess.

prisoner chess tournament at the prison ... football games as a way to foster more collegial relations. But prisoners are still locked down for several hours a day in cramped cells — two ...