Our recent virus induced vacation from over-the-board (OTB) chess got me thinking. Online chess exploded onto the scene. US Chess even rates Blitz and...
May 2020

With its innate ability to translate to a two-dimensional format, chess is a growth industry in these days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mainstream...

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The TD Show This week's “The TD Show” topic will be "The TD" and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, May 28 on the US Chess Twitch...

The US Chess Federation is pleased to announce the 2020 Annual Award recipients. Congratulations to all of these individuals and organizations who are...

New Chess Life / Chess Life Online Editor John Hartmann and Women's Program Director Jennifer Shahade are the two newest guests to appear on Ben...

America's top four players will face off in "Clutch Chess", a new event presented by the Saint Louis Chess Club from May 26-29. The format features a...

Maret Thorpe (courtesy subject) Chess Underground Season 2 Episode 2 catches up with Maret Thorpe, NTD and FIDE arbiter, about customer service...

US Women's Champion WGM Jennifer Yu is the next guest in our weekly girls club classes. US Chess Members can sign up using this form. This week's...

As the first twilight of the spring sun bore down through my window, I received an invitation from IM Greg Shahade to US Chess School’s online camp! I...

The 38th US Chess School America’s top chess school, which has produced a conveyor-belt of talent, has joined forces with Chessable, the world’s...

A mere month after the third meeting of “Promoting to Queens,” which took place on a yacht, our lives had been turned upside down by the pandemic...