Note: These scholarships are funded and administered outside of US Chess by the private organization Kids for Chess. Kids for Chess, a nonprofit...
March 2023
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This week's workout highlights the games of 2021 U.S. Women's Champion Carissa Yip. Enjoy a number of her dazzling combinations, including several key...
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We all know that, after the Ides of March, that’s when the madness happens. But the NCAA won’t have the only brackets worth looking at, because this...
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What is the purpose of this announcement? This announcement outlines changes that US Chess is making to its normal event operations at the 2023...
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It is quite impressive how the US Amateur East Team manages over 300 teams every year, but until Heisenberg gets dethroned, the US Amateur Team North...
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Editor's Note: Streamer Lula Roberts reported on her trip to Sitges for the ninth Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival for our March edition of...
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This week's Wednesday Workout honors eight-time U.S. Women's Champion Irina Krush, who begins her quest to defend her American Cup title later this...
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The second annual American Cup kicks off Friday, March 17, at the Saint Louis Chess Club. The tournament features 16 of the top US players competing...
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It’s a Friday night. You want to go somewhere exclusive, where everybody knows your name, but it’s too crowded to have any eyes on you. On March 10...
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US Chess is pleased to announce the list of players who are officially invited to participate in the 2023 World Youth (Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18...
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Two local New Yorkers earned their second IM norm at the Marshall Chess Club IM Winter Invitational, held February 22-26. 11th grader Gus Huston and...
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In the March 7, 2023 edition of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), an article was published detailing disturbing allegations made by eight women from the...