September 2020

Kentucky Chess Ambassadors
US Chess is happy to announce the recipients of a series of online program grants for events to promote women and girls in chess. These funds were...
2020 PRO Chess League Bracket
The Saint Louis Arch Bishops fell short of their quest to become the Professional Rapid Online Chess League’s first back-to-back champion, after...
Tim McEntee
The September 2020 installment of Chess Underground continues its exploration of the theme "Tournament Life" with NM Tim McEntee. What's on tap? FIDE...
Tatev Abrahamyan, purple hair, Endgame Studies
Popular WGM, coach and Olympic team member Tatev Abrahamyan will lead our Thursday Girls Club on October 1 at 6 PM EDT. If you follow her on twitter...
Christopher Yoo
IM Christopher Yoo decisively won the 2020 U.S. Cadet Championship this weekend, scoring 6/7 to best second-place finishers FM Christopher Shen and IM...
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On Saturday, September 26, US Chess held a Special Delegates Meeting for the singular purpose of electing members to the new Nominating Committee. The...
America’s top players are set to face off in the PRO Chess League Finals on Sunday afternoon. Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier...
Schachbundesliga
Fabiano Caruana found his way back to familiar ground: Winning, over the board. While the world champion and other American stars battled it out...
Official Rules of Chess
You're playing an online rated event and due to a mouse slip you drop your queen on g7 instead of f8, instantly turning a win into a loss. That can't...
IM Greg Shahade
In the next session of our Girls Club ZOOM, set for Thursday Sept 24 at 6 PM EDT, IM Greg Shahade will talk about Opening Preparation, with a focus on...
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There is a network outage as of 11:45 a.m. CT in our Crossville office. The phone system is affected as are tournament director related functions...
Wesley So Ties First Place Saint Louis Rapid Blitz
American GM Wesley So finished tied for first place along with World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen in the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, which...