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On Monday, October 14th, US Chess Sales will launch our Free Shipping x 3 initiative, which introduces three ways to receive Free… Read More »

Happy National Chess Day! How are you marking this annual event? Are you running a tournament? Hosting a simul or lecture? Just playing blitz with… Read More »

The Scholastic Council and the Executive Board have approved the 2019-2020 Scholastic Regulations. This year’s regulations can be found here.… Read More »

The deadline for applications to the FIDE Events Manager position has been extended to 5:00pm Central time, Monday, September 9.

The last two or three times I had visited, I had brought with me an autographed copy of Grandmaster Pal Benko’s endgame book, a volume that Benko had… Read More »

A long-time nationally syndicated chess columnist and the face of the Fischer-Spassky match in America, Shelby Lyman died Sunday at age 82.… Read More »

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 US Chess Annual Awards, presented Saturday at the US Chess Awards Luncheon.
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US Chess has learned that Harry Sabine has died at age 78.
Harry Sabine was a giant of scholastic chess in both his home state of Tennessee and… Read More »

US Chess seeks a FIDE Events Manager. This position is principally responsible for managing FIDE title applications, submitting FIDE event ratings… Read More »

A FIDE survey that began on July 13 closes this weekend. It may be filled out by anyone interested in chess: Click here for the survey.
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