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...
September 2020
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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...
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The September 2020 installment of Chess Underground continues its exploration of the theme "Tournament Life" with NM Tim McEntee. What's on tap? FIDE...
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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...
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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...
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America’s top players are set to face off in the PRO Chess League Finals on Sunday afternoon. Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier...
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Fabiano Caruana found his way back to familiar ground: Winning, over the board. While the world champion and other American stars battled it out...
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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...
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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...
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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...