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13th World Champion and acclaimed author and speaker Garry Kasparov is currently playing the STL Rapid and Blitz (August 14-19), his first foray back… Read More »
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The Sinquefield Cup ended with a thrilling victory by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. This paved the way to a clear… Read More »
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Three of five contenders going into the final round of the Sinquefield Cup: Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian (Photos by Eric Rosen)… Read More »
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US Chess is honored to announce that both US Chess News and Chess Life Magazine have won several prestigious awards from the Chess Journalists of… Read More »
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GMs Alexander Shabalov and Aleksander Lenderman faced off in round eight, Photo Jim Doyle
GM Aleksander Lenderman of New York took clear… Read More »
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GM Ruifeng Li (b 2001), here photographed vs. GM Ilia Nyzhnyk, Photo Jim Doyle
Going into the final round of the US Open in Norfolk, VA,… Read More »
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Results are in at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions (click link for pdf of final results), Barber tournament of K-8 Champions and… Read More »
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The Frank P. Samford Jr. Chess Fellowship is pleased to announce its thirty-second consecutive annual award. The Fellowship was created by the late… Read More »
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Rochelle Wu (Alabama), is cruising at the National Girls Tournament of Champions. She has 4.5/5 after a fifth round draw against Saithanu Avireni of… Read More »
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ST. LOUIS, July 24, 2017 - The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL), in cooperation with the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF), U.S… Read More »