In her coverage of the First Annual HBCU Classic, a recurring theme in Melinda Matthews’ interviews was a sense that this event was (and should be)...
May 2023
Welcome to One Move at a Time, the show where we highlight people and organizations that are advancing our US Chess mission statement to Empower...
Jennifer invites a very special guest to Ladies Knight: International Memory Grandmaster, Yanjaa Wintersoul. Yanjaa, the first woman to become a...
All back-issues of Chess Life Kids — which began as School Mates in 1983 — are now available on our digital archives in downloadable .pdf format...
This week's Wednesday Workout features puzzles pulled from games played at the 2023 National Elementary School Championship May 12 through 14 in...
US Chess launched an investigation in late 2022 when it received formal complaints from two individuals alleging sexual misconduct by GM Alejandro...
While this author categorically rejects the premise that there can be such a thing as "too much chess," there certainly has been a lot of chess this...
Editor's Note: This story first ran in the May 2023 issue of Chess Life Magazine. We have republished the piece, with a number of additional puzzles...
The Chess Journalists of America once again sends out a call for nominations for the annual Chess Journalists of America (CJA) awards. The CJA awards...
Note: These scholarships are funded and administered outside of US Chess by the private organization Kids for Chess. Kids for Chess, a nonprofit...
Congratulations to the Gotham Knights on winning the 2023 Pro Chess League playoffs. After five weeks of regular season play (covered here and here)...
The Confederation of Chess for America (CCA), The Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation, and US Chess Federation have announced the XXXIII Pan-American...