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
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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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Page updated on 06.13.2020 Please click here for the final entry list. Spectators: Links to our Twitch Streamers: twitch.tv/BotezLive (Andrea Botez)...
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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...
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The US Chess Federation is pleased to announce the 2020 Annual Award recipients. Congratulations to all of these individuals and organizations who are...
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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...
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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...
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Maret Thorpe (courtesy subject) Chess Underground Season 2 Episode 2 catches up with Maret Thorpe, NTD and FIDE arbiter, about customer service...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...