June 2026

Jianchao Zhou at the 2025 U.S. Masters. (Photo by David Llada)
Editor's note: this story first appeared in the June 2026 issue of Chess Life magazine. This issue focuses on questions of mental health in chess...
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Editor’s Note: Earlier this spring, we reported on the XVII Campeonato Continental Femenino de Ajedrez de Las Américas, where then-WIM Iris Mou earned...
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Editor's note: this story first appeared in the June 2026 issue of Chess Life magazine. This issue focuses on questions of mental health in chess...
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Today's puzzles continue a series on the just-concluded National Middle School (K-8) Championship, held May 15-17 in Round Rock, TX. Read our full...
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US Chess Soliciting Applicants for Trainer Positions for the 2026 Olympiad Teams US Chess is soliciting applicants for two Captain positions at the...
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Today's puzzles continue our series on the just-concluded National Middle School (K-8) Championship, held May 15-17 in Round Rock, TX. Read our full...
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Announcement: The next issue ( July 2026) will be my last as editor of Check is in The Mail. As I transition into a lighter workload and embrace...
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1. DGT and Scoresheets You and your opponent are essaying a game 60 with a five-second delay (G60/5) on a DGT board in a US Chess rated contest. In...