The first Femme Batale (rhymes with Femme Fatale) raised over $10,000 for women and girls in chess, including over $8000 combined for US Chess Women...
November 2019
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The 4th Annual New York State Girls Championship was held November 23-24, hosted by Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, located on NYC's Upper...
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2019 Denker field. Photo by Ana Vivas. Each year, US Chess hosts five premier invitational events (the Rockefeller event begins in 2020): GM Arnold...
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The November Chess Underground catches up with FIDE Master, electronic musician dabbler and treasure hunter Carl Boor. Carl discusses the merits of...
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In the end, the only thing that could stop Magnus Carlsen was a tummy bug. courtesy STLCC; note that Nakamura scored 12 in the Blitz and not 11...
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There are countless chess variants, some enjoying more popularity than others, but none have gotten as much recent attention as the brainchild of...
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As announced at the 2019 Delegates Meetings, US Chess has been working on digitizing its archive of Chess Life and Chess Review magazines (as well as...
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The Marshall Chess Club set a new course for its annual Championship this year. Instead of the traditional 9-round Swiss, the 103rd Marshall Chess...
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GM Andrey Stukopin and FM Gabriel Petesch shared first place at the 28th Annual King’s Island Open with a score of 4.5-0.5. Each won $1912.50 with...
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Congratulations to Rachael Li of Texas, who has broken the 2200 barrier at just nine years old to become the youngest female US Chess Master in...
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In years past a Category 16 Grandmaster round-robin would have been huge news in American chess. Now it’s just another day at the Saint Louis Chess...
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The Frank P. Samford Jr. Chess Fellowship is pleased to announce its thirty-fourth consecutive annual award. The Fellowship was created by the late...