While in Florida, I met with two schools and had the wonderful opportunity to see some of the great work the National Scholastic Chess Foundation...
October 2019
IM Hans Niemann has suffered two tough losses in Rounds 9 and 10 of the 2019 FIDE World Youth, putting any medal chances the Open U16 section in...
IM Hans Niemann kept his lead in the 2019 FIDE World Youth Open U16 on Wednesday after a spectacular Round 8 win over Colombian FM Miguel Angel Soto...
Seven rounds have come and gone at the 2019 World Youth Championships in Mumbai, India. 15 Americans are among the 462 competitors representing 64...
Welcome to the October 2019 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which Dan Lucas, the Senior Director of Strategic Communication...
It’s hard to overstate how important Fred Waitzkin’s Searching for Bobby Fischer (the book, not the movie) was in forming my early understanding of...
I recently had the chance to travel to the West Coast for two events a week apart. My first event (August 16-20) was an all-woman IM norm round robin...
After 22 days of action, and 432 games played, the 2019 FIDE World Cup has come to an end with today’s dramatic final tiebreak round. Teimour Radjabov...
Chris Bird. Photo courtesy of the Saint Louis Chess Campus Effective November 1, Christopher Bird joins US Chess as the FIDE Events Manager. Chris is...
Due to the overwhelming popularity of our new Education Program in which we are offering free chess sets to eligible Title I schools in partnership...
15 American juniors have made the long trip to Mumbai, India, taking up the challenge of representing the United States in the 2019 World Youth Chess...
The U.S. team had an excellent result at the 30th NATO Championships, held last month in Berlin. LT Eigen Wang took the individual Silver, a first for...