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IN PICTURES: Checkmate with Chess Club

By Mingda Wu, Photographer | March 8, 2023

Chess pieces on a chess board stand ready to be played. Students have created a chess club to connect with like-minded players around the community.

Check mate: NIU outlasts Baylor to win chess championship

By Paul Marruffo, News Reporter | January 26, 2022

DeKALB – The NIU Chess Club edged the top-seeded Baylor University Bears Chess Club to take first place in division seven of the Collegiate Chess League tournament. The nail-biting championship match took place on Nov. 21, after 160 teams from around...

Clifford Adams, Sycamore, knocks over his king in defeat against his opponent at a chess match at the Congregational Chruch of DeKalb, 615 N. 1st Street on Monday afternoon.

Local chess club offers ‘informal’ atmosphere

By Ryan Felgenhauer | October 17, 2011

The DeKalb Chess Club held a casual open play chess event Monday night. The club holds open play events twice weekly, 3 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday in the basement of First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb. "It's...