© 2025 MICHIGAN PUBLIC
91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit 104.1 Grand Rapids 91.3 Port Huron 89.7 Lansing 91.1 Flint
Donate
Michigan Public
The World
Michigan Public
The World
Next Up: 8:00 PM Stateside
0:00
0:00
The World
Michigan Public
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

14-year-old Detroiter will represent her hometown at World Junior Chess Championships

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff
Published September 26, 2019 at 4:49 PM EDT
A picture of Charisse Woods smiling
Sarah Cwiek
/
Michigan Radio
Charisse Woods hopes to someday earn the title of United States Chess Federation National Master.

This Saturday, a ninth-grader from Detroit's Cass Tech High School will board a jet for Mumbai, India. Fourteen-year-old Charisse Woods will represent Detroit at the World Youth Chess Championships. We talked to Woods about how she got her start in chess, and her aspirations to become a National Master, a title very few chess players ever earn.
Arts & Life
Stateside Staff
Stateside is produced daily by a dedicated group of producers and production assistants. Listen daily, on-air, at 3 and 8 p.m., or subscribe to the daily podcast wherever you like to listen.
See stories by Stateside Staff