April 2020

This weekend, on Sunday, April 26th and 3 PM EDT, four members of the US Amateur Team East runner-up squad, "Unruly Queens", will host a nine round...
A four-corner battle between powerhouse chess clubs will take place on Thursday, April 23, as the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco, the Marshall...
Don Schultz, a former US Chess President (1996-1999) and member of the FIDE Executive Board (1982-1990), died Monday, April 20, in New Jersey. He was...
The 11th Annual Southwest Class Championship was held at the Dallas Fort Worth Marriott from February 13-17. The event drew 399 players across seven...
On April 8, US Chess made the unfortunate but necessary announcement that we were going to suspend all US Chess-supported delegations to international...
On Saturday April 18th, our BotezLive Saturday fundraisers continue at 2 ET with a match between IM Carissa Yip and former Women's World Champion...
On April 18 and 19, USA will be one of six teams competing in the “Go World! Be Chess Smart against COVID-19!” FIDE Candidates Countries Youth Online...
Welcome to the April 2020 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which Dan Lucas, the Senior Director of Strategic Communication...
A recently released decision by the US Chess Executive Board cleared the path for organizers across the country to run US Chess rated events online...
With no end to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in sight, we are seeing some of our members move more of their chess activities online. This is...
To the US Chess Community, We’ve been promoting chess since 1939. Some of you have been a part of our organization for many decades; some are brand...