Jessica Hyatt says now that she's surpassed 2,200 points and is among the top 30 female chess players in the country, she has her sights on becoming a chess grandmaster next.

Jessica Hyatt is now the youngest African-American woman National Chess Master in U.S. history, having achieved this feat at the age of 19. She holds three major chess titles: National Master, ...

Hyatt is building a legacy at such a young age by defeating grandmasters. In 2021, she handed Grandmaster Michael Rohde a defeat, and then the following year, she beat chess prodigy Grandmaster ...