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Posts from August, 2015

Tactics From the U.S. Open

Brilliant tactician and four-time US Champ Alexander Shabalov leads the US Open in clear first with a perfect 7/7. As the penultimate round looms tonight,…

Bauer and Belakovskaia Elected to US Chess Board

Congratulations to Randy Bauer and Anjelina Belakovskaia, who were elected as at-large positions on the US Chess Executive Board, for terms of three years each.

GMs Flood U.S Open; Schedules Merge Tonight

FM Mike Klein catches up with the action at the US Open in Pheonix as the schedules merge tonight, with top seeds including GMs Bartlomiej…

Denker, Barber, NGIT Crown National Champions

Read about this year’s Denker, Barber and National Girls Invitational champs, including Alex Velikanov’s dramatic path to the win. The three marquee scholastic invitationals that…

Results are In at the Denker, Barber and NGIT

Results are in at the Denker, Barber and NGIT. Alexander Velikanov (WI) took clear first in the Denker while Advait Patel (OK) topped the Barber….

US Open Holding True, Top Seeds Nicked In Invitationals

FM Mike Klein covers round two of the US Open and a dramatic round three at the Scholastic Invitationals. Also read about John Michael Burke’s…

Hot Chess in Phoenix: US Open Begins

As the calendar turned to August, the 116th U.S. Open opened Saturday night in Phoenix, Arizona with one “burning” question – will the temperature exceed…

Kesav and Agata Top North American Junior

There were six medals waiting to be claimed at the North American Junior Chess Championship in Kitchener, Canada – five of them now belong to Americans.

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