Major rules changes are made by the Delegates and then worm their way into the print (and e-book) editions every so often—about once per year at the...
July 2020
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This week's “The TD Show” topic will be "Player Conduct - Behavior" and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, July 30 on the US Chess...
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The 36th annual GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions and the 8th annual WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls...
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Streaming information updated on 07.30.2020 in the "How to Watch" section. The U.S. Open premier invitational events for state champions of all ages...
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The July episode of the Chess Underground checks back in with Iowa Chess Association Eric Vigil who recently conducted the Iowa Championship... in...
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Note - The States Chess Cup is not organized by US Chess. Please contact Saumik Narayanan directly if you have any questions about the event. -- ~ed...
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GM Nico Checa wins the 2020 Denker with 5.5/6, while IM Annie Wang takes the 2020 Haring with a perfect score of 6/6. Three are tied for the lead in...
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We are pleased to announce that the Monday, Wednesday and Friday Morning Membership Events we have been running on Chess.com, will continue all the...
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Katerina Nemcova shows her favorite topic "Forcing Moves" on our YouTube channel for everyone to enjoy. Jennifer also provides info on upcoming girls...
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Sunday sees the final three rounds of the Denker and Haring Tournaments, along with the third round of the Senior. US Chess and chess.com are offering...
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The historic series of 2020 US Chess National Tournament of State Champions events kicked off on Friday night with the inaugural edition of the “ FM...
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July 24 Update: The streamer lineup has been modified since the original post. Please scroll down to see the current streamers and schedule! The five...