Adventures of a Chess Girl: Into the Depths of the Chess World and Back Again

The world within the black and white squares can be confounding and exhilarating. As a young girl, that's the world in which Katie found refuge from her parents' constant fighting and mean kids at school.

By her early twenties, Katie had largely left chess behind. When she was asked to compete on her college chess team at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championships, she thought it would be her final tournament.

But chess drew her back in. She soon found herself immersed in the world...