June 2024

US Chess is seeking applicants for the positions of Heads of Delegation (HOD) and Coaches for the 2024 FIDE International Youth events. The policy for...
Qualifiers
Loud music and an extravagant traditional dance routine proved no distraction for former world number two GM Alexei Shirov and his 30 simul...
Chess Queen
In its latest initiative to support women's chess, the Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC) announced the creation of the Cairns Chess Queens Award during...
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The fourth Cairns Cup begins Thursday, June 13, hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club. The ten-player Round Robin features seven players in the top 25...
Wednesday Workout
For this week's Wednesday Workout, we take a deep dive into the author's seventh-round game from the 2024 National Open, held June 5 through 9 in Las...
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Sometimes solving chess rules problems is easy: the answers are all right there in the rulebook. Sometimes the solutions fall into the creative zone...
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The Frank P. Samford, Jr. Chess Fellowship, marking its thirty eighth annual award, has selected Grandmasters Abhimanyu Mishra of Englishtown, New...
Tactics Tuesday
This week's Tactics Tuesday continues the Chess Life Kids Opening Project, looking at more thematic IQP breaks in the Panov Attack against the Caro...
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Welcome to June 2024 edition of One Move at a Time, the show where we highlight people and organizations that are advancing our US Chess mission...
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Join the US Chess Women (and Girls) Club on Chess.com for our first event! Sunday 6/9 at 7pm EST US Chess will be hosting an online Rapid Arena for...
Zierk, Robson, Tony Rich (photo courtesy SLCC / C. Fuller)
The 2024 Summer Chess Classic concluded on Wednesday, June 5, at the Saint Louis Chess Center (SLCC) after nine rounds of play across two ten-player...
Wednesday Workout
This week's Wednesday Workout takes a trip back Atlanta as we c ouronclude series from the spring scholastic championship season. Download our...