June 2019

The Las Vegas International Chess Festival kicks off on Tuesday, June 11 with the U.S. Women's Open, a five round Swiss that will crown a National...
Welcome to the June 2019 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which we talk to people who are advancing the US Chess mission...
SAINT LOUIS (June 10, 2019) – This summer marks a hallmark first for Saint Louis, America’s Chess Capital, as the Saint Louis Chess Club will host...
Call it chance or call it kismet, but it is immensely useful to this writer that both the Altibox Norway Chess and Women’s Candidates Tournaments...
Aleksandra Goryachkina leads the 2019 Women’s Candidate Tournament after five rounds with a score of 4/5, a half-point ahead of Nana Dzagnidze...
CROSSVILLE, TN: US Chess has renamed a premier scholastic national championship as the Ruth Haring National Girls Tournament of Champions (RHNGTOC)...
The June 2019 issue of Chess Life includes a review of Grandmaster Boris Avrukh’s newest book with Quality Chess, Grandmaster Repertoire 2B: 1. d4...
After Monday’s blitz event, used to determine pairing numbers and won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the 2019 Altibox Norway Chess tournament kicked off...
The June 2019 edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, hosted by Senior Director of Strategic Communication...
After three rounds of play, Nana Dzagnidze and Aleksandra Goryachkina share the lead in the 2019 Women’s Candidates Tournament with 2.5 points each...
HIGHEST RATED CC PLAYER EVER John Penquite born in 1935, died in 2007, achieved the highest US Chess rating after a remarkable streak of 58 games...