In addition, Webster, Saint Louis University, Texas Tech, and UT-Dallas qualify for Final Four of College Chess.
December 2016
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IM Irene Sukandar vs. GM Anton Kovalyov The biggest crowd of college players in more than 30 years assembled at the Hilton New Orleans Airport Hotel...
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Largest PanAms in More Than 30 Years Makes It Big But Not Easy in New Orleans! 60 teams compete, including a new powerhouse from Saint Louis...
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The US Chess Federation presented Kornelijs (Neil) Dale with an “Outstanding Career Achievement Award” at the 2012 U.S. Open. For most of that chess...
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Naomi in her final round game in Sochi, Russia Congrats to Naomi Bashkansky of Washington State, who won the Girls Under 13 section of the World...
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Although becoming a national champion is a monumental achievement, there is much more to gain than the prizes. Less than 1% of the over 1500 players...
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Our gold medal team, pictured triumphantly on the cover of January 2017 Chess Life, will be celebrated at a benefit in the chess capital of US, Saint...
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Joel Levine wins another Palciauskas! Joel Levine has won his fourth Master-level Palciauskas tournament with a decisive edge in 14P01 ceding only a...
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“Are twelve games enough? Would you like to see more games? Or fewer?” These were the questions I posed to Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin during...
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This month, Wesley So won the London Classic, the overall Grand Chess Tour, and became one of the few people to cross the 2800 FIDE rating mark. In...
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Happy Holidays from Grandmaster and composer Pal Benko, who presents Christmas tree and holiday candle shaped mates in two, three, four and five for...
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Find full results from the K-12 Grade National Championships in Nashville, TN, which crowned champions in 13 sections. Winners included 1st Grade...