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Randy Bauer
Preliminary results are in for the 2018 Executive Board Election, with Randy Bauer and Ryan Velez earning the most votes.… Read More »

Grandmasters Sergey Kudrin, Joel Benjamin, Jaan Ehlvest and Alex Shabalov. Not pictured: GM Alex Yermolinsky
Congratulations to Team USA for… Read More »

US Chess wishes a hearty Happy Birthday to Grandmaster Pal Benko, also a renowned composer and popular author. At 90 years young (as of July 15, 2018… Read More »

Jennifer Yu, Photo: Spectrum Studios
Grandmaster Steven Zierk and Women's Grandmaster Jennifer Yu are among the new American title holders, as… Read More »

US Chess has opened its search for a Director of Development, a new position within US Chess. The Director of Development will be a member of the… Read More »

Congratulations to Grandmaster Cristian Chirila, our new National Open Champion. Cristian won the Edmondson Cup and the $8000 prize with 6/7, a half… Read More »

The Las Vegas Chess Festival began with a star-studded US Women's Open, and sixth seed Saikhanchimeg Tsogtsaikhan took it down after… Read More »

One of the most anticipated chess festivals of the year, the Las Vegas Chess Festival from June 20-24 kicks off today with the US Women's Open (… Read More »

Our June 2018 "First Moves" column in Chess Life featured an article by Dr. Alexey Root, WIM about chess and libraries and which offered a… Read More »

The Grandmasters of the Grand Chess Tour, Your Next Move: Anand, Aronian, Nakamura, So, Giri, Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov, Karjakin and… Read More »