Black-and-white checkered boards cover the tables in John Wooden Center’s games lounge as the UCLA Chess Club gathers to practice and strategize. On a center table, the team sets up one of its favorite boards – a blue and red platform that is played with toy human chess pieces dressed as USC and UCLA football players. Read more...

Photo: Galt Dunn, a third-year psychobiology student, plays on a special chess set checkered with UCLA and USC colors and covered with toy human football players. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)