At the end of January, the US Chess Executive Board approved the formation of the Correspondence Chess Working Group (CCWG) to assess the US Chess...
March 2021
![US Chess Champion Wesley So](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/wesleysocitizen.jpg.webp?itok=mCUImrkU)
After emigrating from the Philippines in 2012, the two-time US Chess Champion and world top-10 player became a U.S. citizen in February.
![Wednesday Workout](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/wedswork.jpg.webp?itok=4ufx8tfr)
Check your skills and try to level up from the U1400 to the Open section in the 2021 US Chess Rapids tournament.
![Liz Spiegel on Open Files](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/lizspiegelopenfiles.jpeg.webp?itok=ZDUi6HoR)
Renowned coach Elizabeth Spiegel returns to the US Chess Girls Club with a class on the 7th rank, a follow-up on her January session about Open Files...
![AwonderGameFace](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/AwonderGameFace.jpg.webp?itok=EzP6xxRC)
The US Chess Federation is pleased to announce the list of players who are officially invited to participate in the 2021 World Youth (Under 14, Under...
![Alex Lenderman](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/wp-thumbnails/Lenderman-Rd6-2019-IOM-saunders.jpg.webp?itok=QYukXi8p)
The New York Grandmaster knocked off three other GMs and finished a full point ahead of the pack.
![2021 Chess Educator of the Year NM Jerald Times](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/jeraldtimescropped.jpg.webp?itok=ZLjMrQf6)
The New York chess educator will accept the award with a presentation on scholastic chess in a virtual ceremony on March 9.
![Tim Just, CLO columnist](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/0xjoeetq.png.webp?itok=ou2j7eQK)
The world chess organization recently published its own set of online chess rules, including new rules for Hybrid Chess competitions.
![Kormick preview](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/kormick-preview.jpg.webp?itok=wDdkiZeu)
Korey Kormick, who had been serving as our Interim Ratings Associate following the sad and sudden passing of Susan Kantor, has been named the US Chess...