IM Vignesh Panchanatham

Webster University claimed clear first with 8/9 in the first-ever virtual Pan-Ams and will join SLU, UT-RGV and Texas Tech in the Final Four.

Over the past years, the community of junior chess players in the United States has gradually grown much stronger. With stars like 17-year-old GMs… Read More »

The vast majority of the top chess players in the world started playing the game at an extremely young age. Sam Shankland completely broke this… Read More »

BayAreaChess hosted another memorable US Amateur Team West Championship at the Santa Clara Convention Center this past President’s Day weekend.

Accurately reflecting the rapid growth of chess strength in the northern California, the Bay Area Chess Winter Championship, the last BAC… Read More »

The two National Championships attracted no less than 11 grandmasters. GM Daniel Naroditsky, GM Zviad Izoria, GM Enrico Sevillano and GM Conrad Holt… Read More »

The 2017 CalChess State Championship took place over Labor Day Weekend at the Santa Clara Convention Center. In both the main event as well as the… Read More »

Since this heritage tournament was originally founded and first held in Berkeley, CA, bringing it back to this location was extremely important… Read More »

The latest edition of the recurring Bay Area Chess Championship series was held June 16-18 and directed by NTD, IA John McCumiskey. The tournament… Read More »