Welcome to the August 2020 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which Dan Lucas, the Senior Director of Strategic Communication...
August 2020
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US Chess announces the retirement of Sharon McClure effective the end of the day on August 11. Sharon has been a dedicated employee since she was...
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August 7, 2020: In our ongoing initiatives to make online rated play more available and to provide more certainty about the integrity of online games...
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US Chess Women is hosting another College & Chess Panel for girls aged 12-19 with four exceptional panelists slated to present and speak including IM...
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Laurel Aronian writes about attending the Girls Club classes on Zoom, taught by some of the top female players and personalities in the US, and the...
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This week's “The TD Show” topic will be "Player Conduct - Using Additional Resources" and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, August 6 on...
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Susan Kantor, who just recently retired from US Chess on July 21, has died from complications associated with cancer, US Chess has learned. Executive...
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The inaugural US Chess/ChessKid Online Elementary Championship will take place August 8-9, 2020 on the ChessKid.com live server. The event is open to...
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As you know by now, US Chess undertook a major upgrade to its technology infrastructure within the past month after a year of development work. While...
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A prominent streamer in his own right, International Master Eric Rosen is the author of the August 2020 Chess Life cover story, “The New Chess Boom.”...
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Park and Liang tie for first in the Barber. Xie is clear first in the Rockefeller, while Fishbein takes top honors in the Senior.
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Women's Program Director Jennifer Shahade will lead our next Thursday night Girls Club class on chess and beautiful moves on August 6th at 6 PM EDT...