Students create Northern Illinois Chess Club
Northern Star DeKALB – Students have created the Northern Illinois Chess Club to connect with like-minded players of the game and create a community. The club meets at 8 p.m. every Monday over Microsoft Teams. The games are played over the website Chess.com, which also has a mobile version, said Jacob Jovanovich, first-year business major and president of the club. “The club’s main goal is to promote chess at NIU,” Jovanovich said. The club has been active for four weeks, having been created during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way for Jovanovich to connect with fellow NIU students, ...