She has earned over $40,000 in college scholarships due to playing chess. A Brooklyn teenager, Jessica Hyatt, has made history by becoming the highest-rated African American female chess player.

The pawns are moving in favor of gifted Black women, and Jessica Hyatt is leading the charge. At just 19, this Brooklyn phenom is now officially the highest-ranking African American female chess ...

Jessica Hyatt says she began playing chess for the very first time on a computer game at the age of 3. "It was one of the games that I fell in love with," says Hyatt, who is now a world-renowned ...

A 10-year-old chess prodigy has made history as the youngest female player ever to defeat a grandmaster, which is the highest distinction any chess player can earn. Bodhana Sivanandan earned the ...

Bodhana Sivanandan still needs a booster seat to see the chess board, but that has not stopped her from becoming one of the world’s best players. The fifth grader is now the youngest-ever female ...

WASHINGTON — Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old from London, has made history at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool, becoming the youngest female player ever to beat a chess grandmaster.

Tanishka of Bathinda has become the youngest female from Punjab to earn an international chess rating. She, aged eight years and -+4 months, achieved this milestone while competing in the National ...