July 2021

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Welcome to the July 2021 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which Dan Lucas, the Senior Director of Strategic Communication...
2021 FIDE World Cup Tournament Hall in Sochi, Russia
US Chess is represented by 17 American qualifiers in this year's World Cup and the first-ever Women’s World Cup.
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July 29-30, 2021 Cherry Hill, New Jersey Sponsored by the US Chess Trust www.USChessTrust.org 2021 Koltanowski Conference on Chess in Education to be...
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After extensive scrutiny of all games for fair-play violations, US Chess has finalized the results of the 2021 National Online Scholastic Championship...
GM Sam Shankland 2021 Prague Chess Festival Masters Winner
After his stunning return to the board at the 2021 Prague Masters, CLO caught up with the two-time Olympic gold medalist on his way to Sochi for the...
WIM Thalia Cervantes
National championship chess returns to the board in America’s Chess Capital on July 15 with the 2021 U.S. Juniors and Senior Championships.
Cover Stories with Chess Life
Today’s guest on Cover Stories with Chess Life is the author of our July cover story, or, better, package of cover stories. He is also, in many ways...
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An announcement from FIDE: Due to the many travel restrictions still in force all around the world, the FIDE Council has approved postponing several...
Queen Bishop
The history of Western society suggests some answers on how bishops became soldiers and how queens became the strongest warrior in the chess army.
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Greetings! I hope everyone is having a great summer and enjoying “getting back to normal”…or whatever passes for normal these days. I don’t have any...
Tim Just, CLO columnist
The Queens Gambit on Netflix has done a lot for promoting our beloved royal sport. The show has also triggered a flood of nostalgia.
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US Chess offices will be closed Monday, July 5, 2021 in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen for normal business operations on July 6.