The shocking defeat of one of the best chess players in the world sparked accusations of cheating and has thrown the sport into a tailspin over the last few weeks. Magnus Carlsen, the 31-year-old ...

CHICAGO — Chess Records co-founder Phil Chess, who with brother Leonard helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, and others and amass-ed a catalog of rock and electric ...

It is no secret that the rock world has been shaken by numerous high profile deaths in 2016. Numerous musical celebrations have been held to recognize the contributions made by David Bowie, Glen Frey ...

One day after his greatest discovery, Chuck Berry, turned 90, the legendary hit man Phil Chess passed away at the age of 95 (on October 19). Chess and his brother, Leonard Chess, cofounded their ...

Chess Records is often credited with making Chicago the epicenter of early blues rock and laying the groundwork for the rock music of the 1960s and ’70s. “ [N]ow you can take a walk down State Street ...

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Phil Chess, who co-founded the legendary label Chess Records with his brother Leonard and helped make Chicago the epicenter of the blues, died Wednesday at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He was 95.

ROCKFORD — Joe Guth grew up learning chess at Ken-Rock Community Center before drifting away from the game in the late 1970s. Then the movie “Searching for Bobby Fischer” came out in 1993 and that ...