The US Chess Executive Board passed the following motion 7-0 affecting the U.S. Open mask policy: In view of the recent CDC guidance on use of masks...
July 2021
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The California GM came tantalizingly close, but finishes his stellar run at the 2021 FIDE World Cup with a tiebreaker loss to GM Sergey Karjakin.
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The constellation of events that make up the 2021 U.S. Open get underway tonight at 7pm Eastern with the first games of the five Invitational events —...
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The updated ratings supplement files for August have been generated and posted. If you previously downloaded a copy of the August Ratings Supplement...
![Jennifer Shahade with Katherine Zhuge, Nashville 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/60441557_10158440405188098_3041152942276083712_n.jpg.webp?itok=v7So1zjm)
US Chess Women and our girls club was featured in both the New Yorker Magazine and the Wall Street Journal in articles published on July 26 and July...
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The July edition of the Chess Underground checks in with WFM Devina Devagharan. Devina shares her thoughts about bunnies (and bunny appearances)...
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FIDE Americas has announced that it is hosting a two-stage tournament, the XXXI Pan American Youth Chess Festival, Pan Floripa 2021. There will be an...
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GM Gregory Kaidanov is the 2021 U.S. Senior Champion, taking the title after an exciting tiebreak victory against GM Larry Christiansen. Kaidanov...
![GM Hans Niemann](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/niemann-2021-junior-rd9-slcc-ootes.jpg.webp?itok=9q3AuRW-)
After a final round draw with Ruiyang Yan on Sunday, IM Annie Wang is the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior Champion. [pgn][Event "U.S. Girls Junior...
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Remember yesterday when I wrote that it was “steady on” after seven rounds at the 2021 Junior, Girls’ Junior, and Senior Championships? Yeah. About...
![GM Sam Shankland, Round 4.2](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/shankland-rd4.2-fide-rosen.jpg.webp?itok=Mc1maZtb)
GM Sam Shankland is the lone American standing in the 2021 World Cup and Women’s World Cup, having defeated GM Rinat Jumabayev 1½-½ in the fourth...
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It’s steady on with two rounds to play at the U.S. Junior, Girls’ Junior, and Senior Championships. Friday’s seventh round saw the three leaders...