John Hartmann
With her decisive win over Anna Zatonskih in Round 10 of the U.S. Women’s Championship, Jennifer Yu has clinched the title of 2019 U.S. Women’s… Read More »
With eight games ending decisively, the third round of the U.S. Championships was a banquet of brilliancies and blunders. What felt like a sleepy… Read More »
While chess can be played and enjoyed at any age, it’s clear that there’s a youth movement in American chess under way. Hikaru Nakamura said as much… Read More »
This year marks the 80th anniversary of US Chess. Born of a merger between the American Chess Federation and the National Chess Federation on… Read More »
Today we feature six positions from the 2019 National High School Championship, contested this weekend in Schaumburg, IL. We’ll warm up with an easy… Read More »
The results are in at the 2019 National High School Championship, and we have a three-way tie for first place in the Championship Section… Read More »
The 2019 National High School Blitz Tournament ended Thursday night with a clear winner: IM Bryce Tiglon, a 12th grader from Seattle, Washington.… Read More »
While Russia and China entered the final day with the Open and Women’s titles respectively in hand, there was no shortage of drama. England took the… Read More »
It's Week 10 in the 2019 Pro Chess League, and that means one thing: Battle Royale.
GM Conrad Holt (Dallas Destiny) played a whale of a game against… Read More »
Team America took one on the chin today in the seventh round of the 2019 World Team Championship. The Open team fell to Russia 2.5-1.5, giving Russia… Read More »