U.S. Champion Shankland Finishes Tata Steel Strong
U.S. Champion GM Sam Shankland ended Tata Steel Chess (January 12-27) with a solid even score, good for a rating point gain in the elite…
Ladies Knight Podcast Debuts with Shahade & Botez
Jennifer Shahade, Two-time US Women’s Chess Champion, CLO editor and vocal advocate for women in chess, has debuted a new monthly podcast, Ladies Knight, featuring conversations with prominent female members of our community. Her first guest is popular streamer, tech entrepreneur and five-time Canadian girls champion Alexandra Botez.
Americans in Saint Petersburg: Nakamura Tied for 2nd, Tang Climbs
The 2018 King Salman FIDE World Rapid Blitz Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia (Dec 26-28) started out in dramatic fashion as World Champion Magnus Carlsen…
Christmas on the Road: Top U.S. Players Travel to Bay Area and St. Petersburg
US Chess wishes a merry Christmas to all our members and chess devotees, as well as luck and warmth to many of our top players…
Sports Illustrated Features US Chess Women: “It’s a Total Numbers Game.”
This week, Sports Illustrated featured a long read on women in chess, which centered around a 1961 Sports Illustrated cover of US Women’s Chess Champion…
Hikaru Nakamura Crowned Grand Chess Tour Champion
Hikaru Nakamura was crowned Grand Chess Tour Champion on December 17 in London after a tight match against the #2 rated blitz player in the…
Z to Z at the K-12: Zhao and Zhuge Among New Champions
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…
Grand Chess Tour Final Set: Nakamura vs. MVL
The Grand Chess Tour finals (December 14-16) are set as American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura will face Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France for the 2018 Grand Chess…
K-12 Chess Champs “Fear Will Lead to Mistakes.”
The K-12 Grade Championships are headed to Orlando, Florida from December 13-16, and we have a star-studded list of pre-registered players. Among the competitors are recent…
Rade Milovanovic, UT Dallas Chess Team Coach, to Retire
The coach of the University of Texas at Dallas chess team, Rade Milovanovic, has announced that he will retire in January. Milovanovic joined the UT…
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