November 2020

Garry Kasparov, Class in Session
As the press and accolades for the Queen's Gambit continues to boom, 13th World Champion Garry Kasparov paid our Girls Club Room a special visit to...
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This week's Wednesday Workout features five problems for you to solve. Most Workouts have been focused on tactics or mates. This one... well, let's...
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The U.S. Chess School has teamed up with online improvement hub ChessDojo to stream high-quality chess classes on a weekly basis.
The 2020 U.S. Class Championships, held in Virginia over Halloween weekend, was the first OTB tournament for many players since COVID-19.
2019 US Women's Champion WGM Jennifer Yu recounts the experience at her first live tournament since March.
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US Chess is sad to announce the departure of two long-time employees, Joan DuBois and Traci Lee, effective November 10, 2020. Joan, who was...
Welcome to the November 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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Due to a production error in the Call for Nominations published in the October and November issues of Chess Life, the deadline for submitting...
Outdoor chess tournament at the Lincoln Square Chess Club.
In part two of her outdoor chess series, WIM Alexey Root profiles organizers in New York City, Chicago and Fremont, CA.
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US Chess is very excited to announce the US Championship Online Qualifier, presented by chess.com.
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The online cash-prize tournaments offer a high TD-to-player ratio and an organizing team that takes cheating seriously.
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Have you watched the new Netflix limited series "The Queen's Gambit" yet? If not, you're one of a dwindling few! Rated 100% fresh by Rotten Tomatoes,...
The Katowice Market Square in Poland features outdoor chess tournaments throughout the summer. (photo credit Olga Krzyzykk)
WIM Dr. Alexey Root looks at international outdoor chess and interviews Jeffrey Vollmer, who organizes US Chess-rated outdoor tournaments in St. Louis...