January 2016

Awonder Liang vs. Alex Ostrovskiy, Photo Neot Doron-Repa IM Alexander Ostrovskiy pulled off the hat trick by winning (almost) everything in sight at...
The #9 article in Best of US Chess 2015 is “Shabalov Completes Quest at U.S. Open by FM Mike Klein. Judges praised Mike’s interview skills and...
Ben Silva, Photo Daaim Shabazz at chessdrum The #10 article in Best of US Chess 2015 is The View From the Other End of the Playing Hall by Ben Silva...
The 2015 National Girls Champs: Veronika Zilajeva, Anupama Rajendra, Jennifer Shahade, Evian Xiang, Jennifer Yu and Jon Haskel, Photo Jeff Smith US...
I started teaching chess about ten years ago in Chicago. In that time, scholastic chess has exploded throughout the United States, which is quite...
Welcome to the 2015 Best of US Chess countdown. This year's panel of judges include Michael "f-pawn" Aigner, Claudia Munoz and Kostya Kavutskiy. Meet...
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We had a hardware failure at our ISP early Tuesday morning that took both the http://www.uschess.org and the secure2.uschess.org websites down. They...
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TONY KAIN ABSOLUTELY BEST! Tony Kain has one again shown his chess muscles. For a man who enjoys weightlifting and formal debates, this is to be...
IM Kannappan at the 2015 Millionaire Chess Open, Photo WIM Sabrina Chevannes The Pan-American Collegiate Championship is the last tournament of the...
GM Alexander Shabalov at the 2015 US Open, Photo FM Mike Klein The 4th Annual Boston Chess Congress was held January 8-10th at the Hyatt Hotel in...
Although located nearly 5000 miles away in a small town in the Netherlands, the Tata Steel tournament has a valuable place in American chess. In 2011...
1,340+ K – 12 Students Across Greater New York Participated in This Year’s Tournament. New York, NY, Jan. 11, 2016 — Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF)...