Webster Wins Again! Photo David Llada Congrats to Webster University on their seventh straight victory at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess...
December 2018
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The 230-player Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship in San Francisco continues to run with an efficiency that permits the drama to...
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“He was a national master? Wow!” Unrated chess player Stephen Huang attends the University of Pacific in Stockton, California. “I joined US Chess on...
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Andrew Tang vs. Magnus Carlsen, Photo Lennart Ootes The 2018 King Salman FIDE World Rapid Blitz Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia (Dec 26-28)...
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Grandmaster Shimanov of Webster, Photo David Llada The Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships begin on December 27th at 6 PM PT in San...
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US Chess wishes a merry Christmas to all our members and chess devotees, as well as luck and warmth to many of our top players on the road. Earlier...
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I got the call to work as a coach for the U.S. National Youth Team back in August, my second time this year and again to my great delight, as it’s...
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Chess: Portrait of Lisa Lane. Cover image. New York, NY 04/00/1961 Credit: John G. Zimmerman This week, Sports Illustrated featured a long read on...
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The 2018 Pan American Veterans [50+] & Senior [65+] Championships were held December 8-13 in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. For the first time ever all...
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Tim Just If annoying acts cause a migraine, see a TD and make a claim. Your opponent complains to the TD that you are eating a sandwich at the board...
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GM Leinier Dominguez at the 2018 Champions Showdown in Saint Louis. Courtesy of the Saint Louis Chess Club, photo by Lennart Ootes CROSSVILLE...
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Preston Ladson of Philadelphia demonstrates why a difference of 300+ rating points can be decisive in correspondence chess. We also check out a...