Hikaru Nakamura was crowned Grand Chess Tour Champion on December 17 in London after a tight match against the #2 rated blitz player in the World...
December 2018
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Results are in at the K-12 Chess Championships and our very first Main Event Champ was Katherine Zhuge of California, first to reach six points in the...
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Saturday is the most intense day the K12 Chess Championships, as three games differentiate the field. In round five, US Chess started streaming the...
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The Main Event of the K-12 Chess Championships are underway in Orlando. The tournament began with a moment of silence for Former US Chess President...
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This year’s participants: on the left Rochelle Wu (California), Abhimanyu Mishra (New Jersey), Christopher Yoo (California), Brandon Jacobson, (New...
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The K-12 Chess Championships in Orlando kicked off with blitz and bughouse events, as the @USChess twitter takeover by IM Greg Shahade captured the...
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GM Hikaru Nakamura, Photo Grand Chess Tour The Grand Chess Tour finals (December 14-16) are set as American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura will face...
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Grade Nationals Champions pose with their trophies in the 2017 K-12 Championships The K-12 Grade Championships are headed to Orlando, Florida from...
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Welcome to the December edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which we talk to people and organizations that are advancing the US...
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The Grand Chess Tour finals, hosted at the 10th London Chess Classic will be held from December 11-17, 2018 and broadcast live on grandchesstour.org...
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The coach of the University of Texas at Dallas chess team, Rade Milovanovic, has announced that he will retire in January. Milovanovic joined the UT...
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The first annual Midwest Regional All Girls & Women’s Tournament attracted 39 on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. There was fierce competition for the...