Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Oyeyemi Fawole, founder of the Albany Chess Center, is interviewed on Sept. 19 in Colonie. The chess center opened this past ...

COLONIE - Albany resident John Oyeyemi Fawole discovered his passion for chess as a teenager in his home country of Nigeria. He can still remember watching his friends play the game. "I was fascinated ...

While we may be used to the spectator sports of Bloomsday, Hoopfest or Gonzaga basketball, the halls of the Spokane Convention Center are giving way this weekend to something a little less... loud.