IM Greg Shahade
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With the Candidates now just two days away (*knock on wood*), it’s time to get serious. Who’s going to win?
CLO reached out to… Read More »
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Results are in at the K-12 Chess Championships and our very first Main Event Champ was Katherine Zhuge of California, first to reach six points in… Read More »
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The 38th US Chess School, which Akira Nakada covered in one of the Top Articles of 2018
The 47th United States Chess School will be… Read More »
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The US Chess Championships and US Women's Championships begin tomorrow at 2 EST. Photo Austin Fuller
IM Greg Shahade, PRO Chess League… Read More »
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Jeffery Xiong is among the nine US players at the World Cup in Tbilisi, Photo: Austin Fuller
The World Cup begins in Tbilisi, Georgia on… Read More »
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Wesley So and Sabina Foisor, Photo Lennart Ootes
Just like last year, I list the ten biggest takeaways from the 2017 U.S. Championships. It’s… Read More »
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IM and PRO Chess League commissioner Greg Shahade contributes his annual blunt predictions on the US Chess Championships, coming up in Saint Louis… Read More »
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There are a few spots remaining for the 36th U.S. Chess School in Orlando Florida. The U.S. Chess School is an invitation only camp for some of the… Read More »
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After seven hard fought rounds of play, we have our National Champions! Some of the biggest names in U.S. chess history got their start by… Read More »
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Kids are often underrated and so it's normal to see one or two of the top seeds go down in National Scholastics. However at the National Elementary… Read More »