August 2020

Christina Schweiss
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...
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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...
College & Chess Panel Part II: featuring four exceptional chess scholars
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...
Jen giving a simul at the Orlando K-12
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...
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...
Eric Rosen
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.
Jen Shahade, purple dress, chess lesson on Beautiful Moves
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...