When first-year corporate lawyer Rochelle Ballantyne is done working her day job, she’s focused on her goal of become the first Black female chess master. The game helped to put her on a ...

In 2020, 15-year-old New Yorker Jessica Hyatt—who happens to be one of the top 10 Black female chess players in the country—earned a $40,000 Daniel Feinberg Success in Chess Award. At that ...

Law student Rochelle Ballantyne is on a mission to be the first Black American woman chess master. “I’ve been trying to get it for the past 10 years,” said Ballantyne, 26, in an interview ...