Colonel David A Hater

David Hater has the results from the 2020 World Open, played entirely online. GMs Iniyan and Sjurgirov shared first place.Read More »

Newly elected Executive Board member David Hater has the first of two reports on the 2020 World Open and its preliminaries.Read More »

After a three month absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Continental Chess Association (CCA) made a splashy return to (virtual) action. CCA… Read More »

The 11th Annual Southwest Class Championship was held at the Dallas Fort Worth Marriott from February 13-17. The event drew 399 players across seven… Read More »

GM Vladimir Belous won the 11th Annual Golden State Open in clear first place with a score of 6-1.
Vladimir Belous (photo David Hater)… Read More »

Perhaps GM Alexander Shabalov should consider moving to Philadelphia.
Alex Shabalov
Shabalov has played in 16… Read More »

The 28th annual North American Open was again held at Bally’s Casino Resort in Las Vegas from December 26 through 30th. The pre-tournament attendance… Read More »

GM Andrey Stukopin and FM Gabriel Petesch shared first place at the 28th Annual King’s Island Open with a score of 4.5-0.5. Each won $1912.50 with… Read More »

GM Vladimir Belous won the 28th Annual Midwest Class Championship (Oct 11-13, Wheeling, IL) with a perfect 5-0 score to take home the $2000 first… Read More »

IM Justin Sarkar won the 10th Hartford Open (September 20-22, Hartford, CT) with a score of 4.5 – 0.5 to take the first place prize of $1000.
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