Vjekoslav (“Vjeko”) Nemec is a Croatian candidate master, and the main proprietor of the chess website chessentials.com. When I put out the call on...
June 2022
Registration is now open for the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2022. The international event, organized by FIDE and the Romanian Chess...
US Chess is committed to growing the game for all. To this end, we have put in place an initiative to assist players from Title I schools to be able...
Korey Kormick, who has been the US Chess Technical & Ratings Manager since March 2021, has been promoted to Director of Member Services effective...
Hikaru Nakamura on the Candidates, streaming, and the future of American chess. A Chess Life exclusive.
The US Chess Federation (US Chess) is soliciting award vendor bids for the following FY 2022-2023 through FY 2024-2025 National events. The US Chess...
An unrated player is a puzzle waiting to be solved. On the one hand they are often—especially at the scholastic level—beginners that are just learning...
The US Chess Federation (US Chess) is soliciting Chess Store bids for the following FY 2022-2023 through FY 2024-2025 National events. The US Chess...
The FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP, marking its thirty sixth annual award, has selected Grandmasters Hans Niemann of New York, Abhimanyu...
It’s Candidates season and GM Hikaru Nakamura is in the mix. This month, we have an exclusive interview with the grandmaster, record-breaking Twitch...
Greetings! With baseball season in full swing I thought I’d adopt a hardball theme for this month’s article. Leading off is this effort from the 2020...