This year’s field was not only the largest ever, but powerful, featuring more than 20 nationally-age-ranked players, including a handful of expert...
December 2017
As many areas of the United States face plenty of snow in the first few days of December, chess players traveling to K-12 Grade Championships in...
The 2017 National K-12 Championships underway in Orlando, Florida this week will forever be a fond memory. As a senior in high school, this time of...
“Previous American Open winners read like a Who’s Who in American chess. To name only a few and not to slight any of the fine players who have won or...
Photo Jim Doyle US Chess has gone to Disney World as the Main Event of the K-12 Chess Championships is underway in Buena Vista, Florida (live games...
After 5 rounds, only one person has been able to win any games: Fabiano Caruana.
Eddy Tian Eddy Tian (NJ) and Nico Chasin (NY) enter the fifth grade section at the K-12 National Championships as the top two seeds. Eddy says that he...
Certainly, Smith had to be regarded as one of the contenders for a top prize, but given that he was over 200 points lower rated than the top few seeds...
Thomas Babcock of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, is no stranger to winning first place in a John Collins event, having done so in 2008, 2009, and 2013...
Praveen at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions in Virginia, Photo Jim Doyle Praveen Balakrishnan (NJ), reigning Denker Champion, is only in...
It is extremely important to have the ability to work by yourself without the help of engines; otherwise they will simply give you evaluations and...
Ethan Li appeared on the cover of the May Chess Life Magazine this year for his part in Summer Chess Academy for Talented Youth 's victory at the US...