Manhattan charter school takes home 6 trophies at All-Girls Chess Championship

NEW YORK – From the great Kasparov to Bobby Fisher, the game of chess has long been dominated by men where, in terms of popularity, boys out number girls 20 to 1. But at Success Academy Hudson Yards in Manhattan, “queens” reign supreme. The charter school took home six trophies at the 15th Annual All-Girls Chess Championship in Chicago this past weekend. Success Academy tied for first place in the under-18 division, while sixth grader Nura Baalla was named National […]