Lindsborg, Kansas once again welcomed the Girls State Championship this year. The event was held on March 26 at Karpov Chess School. Sheena Zheng...
March 2016
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Photo courtesy of World Chess The Challenger Sergey Karjakin Final Score: 8.5 / 14 Performance Rating: 2855 Karjakin was severely underestimated...
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Ruifeng Li, here pictured against Luke Harmon at the US Chess School IM Ruifeng Li scored an undefeated 7-2 at the 10th Annual Philadelphia Open tying...
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The Marshall Chess Club will host the Final Four of College Chess this weekend. Photo https://www.facebook.com/marshall.chessclub/ This weekend, the...
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The US Chess group on Chess.com passed the one-year milestone with online US Chess rated play over the weekend. The first week after the announcement...
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The United States Chess School runs Online Training tournaments to help young players around the nation get regular competition against their peers in...
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Photo courtesy of World Chess Sergey Karjakin prevailed in his game today against Fabiano Caruana to earn the right to challenge World Champion Magnus...
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GM Alexander Shimanov, Photo https://chessdailynews.com/category/spice-webster/ The 2016 Mid-American Open saw no shortage of titled players, and...
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The Moscow Candidates to determine a challenger to Magnus Carlsen comes down to the final round battle on Monday between GMs Sergey Karjakin and...
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Contact: Mike Hoffpauir US Chess Scholastic Council mhoffpauir@aol.com Cell: 757-846-4805 (CROSSVILLE, TN) The United States Chess Federation (US...
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Photo Tim Hanks Recently there have been many articles on the various mega-scholastic championships being held around the country. Rated, Oldest...
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So far, the Candidates Tournament has been full of fight and excitement. Over the course of eleven rounds, there have been eight lead changes. With...