The puzzles for this week's Wednesday Workout are drawn from the broadcast games at this year's K-12 Grade Championships. As always, you can solve...
December 2022
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Coming off this weekend’s K-12 Grade Nationals Championship record-breaking attendance, US Chess is pleased to announce a new program to support...
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Championship Sunday lived up to the hype in National Harbor, with every section coming down to the final game. Several of the nine individual winners...
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2022 National K-12 Grade Championships Almost 2,500 players compete in National Harbor, Maryland in record-setting turnout Note: this article is in...
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After three grueling rounds on Saturday, several highly anticipated showdowns in National Harbor are already under way Sunday morning in round six. 13...
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The first two rounds of the 2022 K-12 Grade Championships are in the books, and Saturday’s third round of action is underway. While most of the top...
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When the overflow hotel runs out of rooms a month in advance, you know you’re in for a record-breaking event. With the National K-12 Grade...
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Tata Steel Chess India, now in its fourth year of rapid and blitz, shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Indeed, the Kolkata tournament...
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For this very prestigious edition of the Wednesday Workout, all tactics are selected from the recent-concluded Mr. Dodgy Invitational. With games all...
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It started as a joke. Then, in 2020, it became an online eight-player Round Robin with only one prize. The prize was a picture of a man on a horse...
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This month, Tim takes questions from readers on a variety of topics ranging from claiming wins on times, how to claim a draw by repetition, and when...