October 2024

Liang, Yip, and So
It's all eyes on IM Carissa Yip after another victory, while GM Awonder Liang creeps closer to Open leader GM Fabiano Caruana.
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Both Christopher Yoo and his family have released statements after the grandmaster was expelled from the U.S. Championships in St. Louis. A Statement...
Registration is now open for the 2024 North American Youth Chess Championship, which will be held December 18-23 at the Washington Dulles Airport...
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For National Chess Week, at least 49 tournaments were held across the country, consisting of 2,979 players and tens of thousands of rated games. This...
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Most major sports competitions go all-out for glamorous halftime shows full of bright lights and music reverberating throughout the stadium. Fittingly...
Title fight
If the rest day was the calm before the storm, then the fifth round of the U.S. Championship was truly the storm, with a whopping ten decisive games...
Wednesday Workout
This week's Wednesday Workout continues our series highlighting exciting moments from the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad , held last month in Budapest...
Tactics Tuesday
This week continues a series of tactical highlights from the 45th FIDE Olympiad. All of our coverage of the American teams' double-podium finish is...
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Round four of the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship saw last year’s defending champions GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Carissa Yip each...
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The third round of the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship each produced three decisive results, giving us plenty to dive into today...
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The second round of the 2024 U.S. Championship saw more fireworks than the first, with GM Wesley So and GM Sam Sevian becoming the first (and so far...
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On the eve of National Chess Day, the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship kicked off at the Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC) with two...