August 2024

Firouzja
The penultimate event of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has concluded in St. Louis, with French GM Alireza Firouzja victorious in the 2024 Saint...
Naka
The 2024 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is in the middle of its penultimate leg, with three days of rapid chess concluding Wednesday, August 14 at the Saint...
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US Chess announces two changes to the Communications Department. As of August 17, Dan Lucas will no longer be our Senior Director of Strategic...
Tactics Tuesday
This week's puzzles come from the national invitational tournaments of state champions, held during the first four days of this year's U.S. Open. All...
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Surprise, surprise, surprise! You find your board for round one. Your pieces take their assigned places on their squares. Your clock is set correctly...
Wednesday Workout
This week's puzzles continue our series on the Pan-American Youth Championship XXXIV, held last month in Orlando, Florida. Read our coverage of the...
Tactics Tuesday
This week's puzzles once again come from the Pan-American Youth Championship XXXIV, held last month in Orlando, Florida. Read our coverage of the...
Khanin Liang
The final round of the 124th Annual U.S. Open went down to the wire in Norfolk, Virginia. With four players entering Sunday's games with 7/8 scores...
Pryor cropped
Kevin Pryor was named the President of US Chess today. Pryor, who was Vice President to this point, stated, "Today I was honored to be elected the...
Molner Moradiabadi
And then there were four! After an intense eighth round that saw decisive results on each of the top nine boards, GMs Jianchao Zhou, Semen Khanin...
Corrales
It's nice to have everybody in the same room. The feel of the main tournament hall is just so much more vibrant when it's abuzz with almost 400...
Yip Aronian
The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad will take place from September 10 through 23 in Budapest, Hungary. Team USA looks to improve on their tied-fourth (fifth...