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
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Registration is now open for the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2022. The international event, organized by FIDE and the Romanian Chess...
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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...
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Korey Kormick, who has been the US Chess Technical & Ratings Manager since March 2021, has been promoted to Director of Member Services effective...
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Hikaru Nakamura on the Candidates, streaming, and the future of American chess. A Chess Life exclusive.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP, marking its thirty sixth annual award, has selected Grandmasters Hans Niemann of New York, Abhimanyu...
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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...
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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...