August 2021

Wesley So
It turns out that ratings might be worth something after all. While there’s good evidence that amateur ratings might be volatile after a long...
GM Wesley So // photo Bryan Adams, Grand Chess Tour
The Grand Chess Tour's overall leader scored the only win of Round 2 to join the leaders in front of the 2021 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis.
Isabelle Choko, row of photos
Ladies Knight welcomes Holocaust Survivor, author and 1956 French Women’s Chess champion, Isabelle Choko. Jennifer Shahade interviews Choko about her...
GM Fabiano Caruana
Caruana delivered a crushing attack out of a quiet London, while Dominguez went deep in a Petroff to kick off the prestigious $325,000 event with a...
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Glenn Petersen in an undated photo reviewing Chess Life . US Chess has received notification that our former long-time employee Glenn Petersen has...
Girls Prep snip with Jennifer Shahade and Londyn Malcom and Itzel Lopez
Members of our girls club have been active not only in studying and practicing the game, but also in writing about chess. One member, high school...
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US Chess announces the planned outage of a data server for maintenance purposes. This server will be taken offline on Tuesday, August 24, and will...
2021 Sinquefield Cup
The Sinquefield Cup, the last event of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, will decide this year's overall tour champion and award nearly half a million...
GM Hikaru Nakamura
The American speed specialist lived up to his reputation with an undefeated performance, stealing the top prize as a Grand Chess Tour wildcard.
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The US Chess Audited Financials for 2020-2021 have been posted to this page: https://new.uschess.org/financials
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In August 2020, the US Chess Delegates created a Nominating Committee to assist with identifying candidates to run for the US Chess Executive Board...
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“It is my wish and desire that the United States Chess Federation use this gift to establish a fund in my name and that the income generated therefrom...