Chess serves as support for Argentina’s vulnerable, detained children

Agustín Teglia, a sociologist by profession, learned to play chess as a child, encouraged by his mother. He recalls having a board in the living room where he played with his brother and cousin. Years later, when he started working in literacy programs, he began organizing workshops in vulnerable Buenos Aires neighborhoods and juvenile detention and psychiatric centers for teenagers and adults.

A chess board with black and white boxes and a set of pieces placing a dispute are the tools...