This week's puzzles all come from the 2024 National High School (K-12) Championship held earlier this month in Baltimore, Maryland. Be sure to catch...
April 2024
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Two Americans are bringing home first-place trophies from the 2024 World Cadet Rapid and Blitz Championships held April 25 through 29 in Durres...
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As covered in last night's Flash Report, 1,586 players from 42 states competed in the National Elementary School Championship in Columbus, Ohio from...
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Day two is in the books at the 2024 National Elementary Championship. With a final total of 1,586 players — up nearly 50% over the 2022 NES, also held...
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1,586 players from 42 states competed in Columbus, Ohio to determine the nation’s top elementary school players; New York players and schools win 5...
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Almost 1,600 students from grades kindergarten through sixth grade begun their chess-filled weekends on Friday, April 26 in Columbus for the 2024...
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Emanuel London, who has been the IT Project Manager for US Chess since 2022, has been promoted to Director of Information Technology (IT). As Director...
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Editor's note: This story first appeared in the April 2024 issue of Chess Life Magazine. Consider becoming a US Chess member for more content like...
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This weekend, April 26 through 28, the US Chess National Elementary School (K-6) Championship takes place in Columbus, Ohio! This national event...
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This week's Wednesday Workout concludes a series from the Grenke Chess Festival with some crafty, tactical, and even defensive moments from games...
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This week's Tactics Tuesday highlights a number of American players' most interesting moments from the Grenke Chess Classic Open, held earlier this...
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The inaugural 2023 HBCU Chess Classic, held last year on the historic Morris Brown College campus, was admittedly a tough act to follow. The...