August 2018

Cherry Hill, New Jersey (August 14, 2018) — Ilia Lipilin (Russia) is the World Champion for the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship for the Disabled...
(Crossville, TN) The United States Chess Federation is pleased to announce the 2019 All-America Chess Team. Team members will be presented with their...
Congratulations to the 2018 Chess Journalists of America Award Winners! Here are a few of the top winners with excerpts from their work.
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (‎Azerbaijan) grabbed the lead at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz in the third day of play, both...
Ray Robson is one of the top 10 grandmasters in the country and within the top 100 players in the world. He was a member of the Gold Medalist 2016 U.S...
Wesley So after winning the 2017 U.S. Championship. Photo: Lennart Ootes Wesley So 2017 U.S. Champion, World Top 10 Player, and Super-Grandmaster US...
Fabiano accepts his US Chess Grandmaster of the Year award, Photo Lennart Ootes The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz was opened on August 9, 2018 at the...
USA took gold at the Pan-American Youth! The XXIX Pan American Youth Chess Championships took place in Santiago, Chile, July 22 – 28. Santiago is a...
On August 7th, the Opening Ceremony and the Drawing of Lots opened the 2nd FIDE World Junior Chess Championship for the Disabled in Cherry Hill, New...
US Chess has two full-time job openings currently, a Governance Coordinator (application deadline extended to 8/31), and a Director of Development...
The thrilling STL Rapid & Blitz is beginning again at the Saint Louis Chess Club this weekend. Let's take a look at the competitors.
Blindfold phenom Timur Gareyev (Kansas) kept his eyes very wide open to opportunities as he rebounded from a 5th-Round loss to GM Jorge Cori (Missouri...