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Members of Richards High School's girls chess club include (from left) Kristina Huggins, Jessica Zavala, Juliet Lucente, Mady Doan, Caitlin O'Sullivan, Anne Sortino, Marial Rancel and Aminah Garcia. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Richards High School's girls chess club includes (from left) Kristina Huggins, Jessica Zavala, Juliet Lucente, Mady Doan, Caitlin O'Sullivan, Anne Sortino, and Marial Rancel. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Members of Richards High School's girls chess club Kristina Huggins, left, and Mady Doan high-five while they were practicing at the school in Oak Lawn, IL, on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Members of Richards High School's girls chess club practice at the school in Oak Lawn, IL, on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Manuel Montes plays with members of Richards High School's girls chess club, Caitlin O'Sullivan, left, and Anne Sortino, at the school in Oak Lawn, IL, on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Richards High School's girls chess club includes (from left) Jessica Zavala, Juliet Lucente, Mady Doan, Caitlin O'Sullivan, Anne Sortino, Marial Rancel and Aminah Garcia. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
The most powerful piece on the chessboard is the lone female, the queen. Yet when you consider the most powerful chess players throughout history, the names Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer come to mind. Traditionally, chess has been a guy’s game, especially at …
