July 2020

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David Hater, David Day, and Fun Fong elected to US Chess Executive Board
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...
Playing Site at Fort Worth Championship 2020
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...
Annie Wang looking up before chess game starts, Photo Lennart Ootes
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...
Argentina, 2001 USA team World Youth
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...
College & Chess: Four Female Chessplayers & Scholars
On July 21st, four incredible young chessplayers and scholars will impart some wisdom and show how they successfully balanced chess and school. Set...
PWNCC wrapup with IM David Pruess of ChessDojo
When the COVID-19 pandemic exploded across the globe, many - including myself - assumed that top-level chess would come to a standstill. Then the...
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...
International Chess Day
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...