Garry signing autographs at the NY Greater Scholastic Championships Former World Champion, author and human rights activist Garry Kasparov will be the...
March 2017
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Image: Chess.com As the PRO Chess League reaches its exciting conclusion this coming weekend (March 25-26), it's a perfect time to review some...
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Find a request for proposals for the further development and redesign of our website Although the project was originally designed and approved to be...
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Few individuals have had as big an impact on the chess world as International Master Nikolay Minev who died on March 10, 2017, in Seattle, Washington...
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Smith and Petesch met in round 4 with Smith in clear 1st at 3-0, leading the field by half point.
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IM and PRO Chess League commissioner Greg Shahade contributes his annual blunt predictions on the US Chess Championships, coming up in Saint Louis...
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The 2017 University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley's Spring Break IM-norm tournament is currently underway in Brownsville, Texas. Follow along on the...
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Fischer v. Spassky. Kasparov v. Karpov. Caruana v. Finn. Some great rivalries are known to everyone in the chess world. Caruana-Finn is not, of course...
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Walter Shipman at the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club of San Francisco in 2009. (Photo Richard Shorman) American chess has suffered a great loss with...
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For more information, please contact: Kiley Herndon Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (314) 283-7068 kherndon@saintlouischessclub.org...
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Samir Alazawi, originally from Baghdad, Iraq, and now of Carmichael, California, has won the 2013 Electronic Knights Championship. Samir took a...
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This year's Women's World Championship in Tehran, Iran (February 10-March 4) was a site of both fierce chess and controversy. In an Open letter to...