Announcements 2025-2026 Scholastic Regulations » US Chess Offices Closed Monday, September 1, For Labor Day » Registration for 2025 National K-12 Grade Chess Championship Open Now » 2025 US Chess Awards Recipients » Play US Chess Rated Correspondence Chess! » Wednesday Workout: Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, Pt. 1This week's puzzles come from last month's Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, where GM Levon Aronian won the five-day, 27-game marathon for the third time in... 64 Players Compete in First US Chess Members Only Prize ArenaA chessboard’s worth of US Chess members competed in the first US Chess Members Only Prize Arena, with NM Chess_Star1234 finishing first among the 64... Tactics Tuesday: Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, Pt. 1This week's puzzles come from last month's Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, where GM Levon Aronian won the five-day, 27-game marathon for the third time in... Kids for Chess Announces 2025 Scholarship WinnersKids for Chess, a nonprofit organization committed to supporting America's best youth chess players, is thrilled to announce the five winners of its... Check is in the Mail, September 2025: Going Postal!The theme of this issue is non-server games. All moves from the games presented were either sent through the US Postal Service or by email. Please... Just the Rules: Last-Round ByesThere is an entire rule devoted to half-point byes in our rulebook. There you will find directives on when to allow them and when not to allow them...