Despite not falling under the norm-seeker category, I was still attracted to the tournament because of its format. Even though it was a “Swiss,” the...
April 2017
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Congratulations to the US Amateur Team Champions, Summer Chess Academy for Talented Youth. They won the US Amateur Team Playoffs, held on April 22 on...
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10-year-old Daniel Mero first came up for the idea of the Charity Chess Championship with his father Scott, as a way to give back to the community...
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Levon Aronian recently won the Grenke Classic, which featured a top-notch field, including Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime-Vachier-Lagrave...
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Don't forget to register as a US Chess Voting member this week to make sure your voice is heard in the 2017 Executive Board elections. Eligible...
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The US Chess Ratings committee annual review has determined that there is some uncontrolled inflation in the system, and to combat the inflation we...
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On March 21, 2017, we published a request for proposals for the further development and redesign of our website. Find a follow-up document RFP Q+A...
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At 1:00pm on May 12, 2017 at the Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN the first round of SuperNationals VI will officially begin. To the casual observer...
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Sabina Foisor, 2017 US Women's Chess Champion , Photo Austin Fuller for the Saint Louis Chess Club Two more “big names” have been added to the All...
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After winning the exceptionally strong Gibraltar Open for the third consecutive time in February, Hikaru Nakamura has now also managed to win the...
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In round 7, Sevian faced second seed GM Vladmir Belous on board 1. Sevian had the black pieces and trailed Belous, who led the tournament by half a...
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Photo Lennart Ootes Wesley So, our new US Champion and current World #2 ranked player, dazzled with his queen sacrifice against Jeffery Xiong, one of...