October 2025

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This week's puzzles come from the first day of the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown, currently taking place at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Download...
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This week's puzzles once again all come from the just-concluded 2025 U.S. Championship and Women's Championship. Every day, a rotating cast of...
USA Board 1 Round 3
The 2nd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities was held Oct. 19-26 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Russian team FIDE 1 won gold with 11 match...
Yip
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Carissa Yip are this year’s U.S. champions. The win makes it four years in a row...
Trophies
The penultimate round of the 2025 U.S. Championships saw both defending champions emerge as clear leaders after winning their games. In total, there...
safeplay
Effective Nov. 1, 2025, there will no longer be a 30-day grace period to complete SafeSport Refresher trainings. Your TD certification will become...
USA
22 American players made the trip to Durres, Albania to compete on behalf of the USA Delegation at the 2025 FIDE World Youth Chess Championships from...
Yip watches Zatonskish – Lee
After the final rest day, we saw many exciting games in both the U.S. and U.S. Women’s Championships. Both sections saw crucial results significantly...
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Today's puzzles come from the 2025 FIDE World Youth Championships, held earlier this month in Durres, Albania. There was only a small number of games...
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Just counting events tagged with National Chess Day or NCD on US Chess’s Membership Services Area, affiliates hosted 48 rated tournaments around the...
Aronian
It was very difficult for me to write today’s report. Like all in the chess community, I am deeply shaken by the tragic death of one of the sport’s...
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This week's puzzles all come from the ongoing 2025 U.S. Championship and Women's Championship. Every day, a rotating cast of annotators are covering...