David Hater, David Day, and Fun Fong elected to US Chess Executive Board
July 2020
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This week's “The TD Show” topic will be "The 50-Move Rule" and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, July 23 on the US Chess Twitch channel...
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The third annual Queen City of the Prairie Open and Fort Worth Championship was held over-the-board July 18-19 in Fort Worth, Texas. The highest...
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Our July Ladies Knight features 18-year-old IM Annie Wang, who captivated the chess world in 2018, when she nearly won the US Women's Championship at...
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In our latest edition of "Class is In Session", FM and Reality Check Author Alisa Melekhina gave a stirring lecture to over 90 girls on her origin...
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It is with mixed emotions that US Chess announces the retirement of Susan Kantor effective on July 21. Susan has been a dedicated employee for 15...
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On July 21st, four incredible young chessplayers and scholars will impart some wisdom and show how they successfully balanced chess and school. Set...
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When the COVID-19 pandemic exploded across the globe, many - including myself - assumed that top-level chess would come to a standstill. Then the...
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This week's “The TD Show” topic will be "Scoresheets" and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, July 16 on the US Chess Twitch channel at...
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The first FIDE Online Olympiad is scheduled for July 22 through August 30, 2020. Team USA will not begin play until August 19 when the Top Division...
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US Chess announces the adjustment of the creation date for the August 2020 rating supplement. Any events received and rated by Friday, July 17, 2020...
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US Chess is sharing this Press Release from our friends at FIDE. If you have your own twist on celebrating #internationalchessday let us know that too...