September 2021

2021 Online Chess Olympiad Final USA vs. Russia
The US Chess national team won in OT for the second consecutive playoff match, and will play Russia in FIDE's Online Olympiad finals Wednesday.
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Welcome to the September 2021 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which Dan Lucas, the Senior Director of Strategic Communication...
Team USA 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad
Team USA beat Kazakhstan in a thrilling quarterfinal on Monday to become one of the final four teams in FIDE's 2021 Online Olympiad.
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All US Chess Correspondence Chess (CC) players should be aware that a revised set of US Chess CC Rules come into effect on October 1, 2021. Once...
2021 Online Olympiad
The US Chess national squad features a solid mix of its veteran guard and next-generation talent in FIDE's second online global team event.
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The 2021 U.S. Collegiate Rapid & Blitz Championships will be held September 25-26 online at lichess.org, and entry is free to all current college...
Champions Showdown
The exhibition features GM Garry Kasparov and several Chess960 World Champions past and present, along with a bonus Ultimate Moves game beginning...
Cover Stories with Chess Life
Today’s guest on "Cover Stories with Chess Life" is the author of our September cover story on the Prague Chess Festival and, as of the September 2021...
There is no such thing as reality. There is only perception — Gustave Flaubert. CASE 1 YOU: Great, my opponent made a move — well, they grabbed a...
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The US Chess offices will be closed this Monday, September 6 in recognition of Labor Day.
FIDE Online Cadets & Youth Rapid World Cup 2021
The US Chess stars are two of seven Americans who qualified for successive FIDE events to be held later this year.
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Yes, it's a day late, but you'll be sad if you don't listen for reasons of arbitrary calendar counting. (And what is time, anyway?) The August edition...