October 2017

Let's take a look at the winning teams and the teams with their fates hanging in the balance.
Where can you see Magnus Carlsen at his best one week, scoring a perfect 4-0 against a team of mostly grandmasters, and at his worst another...
This year’s edition featured a special treat, as the newly crowned U16 Girls World Champion Annie Wang made an appearance and spent some time with the...
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The United States Chess Federation wishes to congratulate each of the 74 members of this year’s All-America Chess Team for receiving this prestigious...
This November, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents.
The US Chess Delegation to the 2017 FIDE Congress consisted of four people: Grant Oen, Walter Brown, Michael Khodarkovsky, and Ruth Haring. As usual...
It is 7am in Chicago, and the final round of the World Cadet Championship in Poços de Caldas, Brazil is about to begin. My eyes are glued to my cell...
The 26thAnnual Midwest Class Championship was held from October 6th to 8th in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling, IL and drew 333 players pursuing the $20...
This tournament was truly one of the most eventful that I've ever played - it seemed like every round there was some new story!
On October 14, 2017, Chess Girls DC, a local DC Non-Profit, in partnership with Capital Area Chess, directed by Anand Dommalapati, Chief Tournament...
Double Tandem Simul players from left to right: Naomi Bashkansky, Phiona Mutesi, Benjamin Mukumbya and Noah Fields, Photo Floyd English How many...
GM Carlos Matamoros If it’s mid-October in Reno, it’s not only National Chess Day, but time for the Western States Open at the Sands Regency Hotel...