Awonder Liang vs. Alex Ostrovskiy, Photo Neot Doron-Repa IM Alexander Ostrovskiy pulled off the hat trick by winning (almost) everything in sight at...
January 2016
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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...
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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...
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The 2015 National Girls Champs: Veronika Zilajeva, Anupama Rajendra, Jennifer Shahade, Evian Xiang, Jennifer Yu and Jon Haskel, Photo Jeff Smith US...
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I started teaching chess about ten years ago in Chicago. In that time, scholastic chess has exploded throughout the United States, which is quite...
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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...
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IM Kannappan at the 2015 Millionaire Chess Open, Photo WIM Sabrina Chevannes The Pan-American Collegiate Championship is the last tournament of the...
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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...
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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...
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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)...