The theme of this issue of Check is in the Mail is chess Combinations. All of the games are from 2024, end in a win (no draws), are NOT miniatures...
January 2025
No Claim, No Problem: The TD Calls It a Draw Anyhow We all know that the TD can’t interfere in your game without a claim being made. It is one of our...
This week's Wednesday Workout continues our series on the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, held December 26 through 31 in New York. Our...
This week's Tactics Tuesday continues a multi-week feature on the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, held December 26 through 31 in New York...
Nominating Committee Recommends 4 Candidates in the 2025 Executive Board Election The US Chess Nominating Committee (Committee) has completed its work...
The BlitzFuel Invitational, held January 16 through 20, was a new name (featuring a new sponsor: the self-proclaimed official energy drink of chess)...
US Chess welcomes Jacques deMoss as its new Deputy Executive Director.
The deadline for submitting the application is April 1, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed by the selection...
This week's Wednesday Workout begins a multi-week feature on the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, held December 26 through 31 in New York...
This week's Tactics Tuesday begins a multi-week feature on the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, held December 26 through 31 in New York...
Earlier this month, on January 11, nearly 90 girls came together in Fremont, California to participate in the 2025 FEMchess All-Girls Chess...
US Chess offices will be closed Monday, January 20 in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. All Tournament Life Announcements (TLAs) and email...