October 2025

2024 Champions Caruana Yip
Clutch Chess: The Legends The 2025 U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship begin Sunday, October 12 at the newly renovated Saint...
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This week's puzzles begin our series on the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships, which concluded last Tuesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan ( flash report |...
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This week's puzzles continue our series on the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships, which concluded last Tuesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan ( flash report...
Caruana signing autographs
GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2025 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) Finals in São Paulo, Brazil, taking home $150,000 for winning his matches over GMs Levon...
Team USA closing ceremony
Six days before Checkmate: USA vs India, one of its commentators, GM Harshit Raja, predicted that India would win 3–2 against the USA team, despite...
Guadalupe
With Ranae Bartlett’s departure from US Chess to become the next mayor of Madison, Alabama, the US Chess Executive Board has named Francisco (Franc)...
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What are your National Chess Day plans? This year’s festivities, set for Saturday, October 11, are just one week away. This is a great time to find a...
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US Chess is pleased to announce plans to create a new program to replace the current Certified Chess Coach Program. To ensure consistent quality...
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In this issue, I have decided to just 'follow along' with what was provided from the Front Office's Recent Event Winners report and the tournaments...
Melik and medalists
It was a successful outing for the 24 Americans who traveled to Almaty, Kazakhstan for the 2025 FIDE World Cadet Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
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Editor's note: In the spirit of this essay, I am choosing to publish it as-is. There are a few changes I would make — including putting spaces around...
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This week concludes our series on the just-concluded 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss tournaments ( see report). We are pleased to share...