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In Best of US Chess, we countdown the top ten uschess.org articles of the year. Find last year’s contest results and the winning 2016 article by IM… Read More »

Re: Venues for FIDE World Championship Events
Dear Mr. Nigel Freeman:
The US Chess Federation believes World Championship events should be… Read More »

The Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) and The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) have run the very successful Young Stars – Team… Read More »

FLOWER MOUND, TX – Play chess and meet former U.S. women’s chess champion Alexey Root as she signs her latest book,… Read More »

Photo Ray Morris-Hill for London Chess Classic
With the retirement of Franc Guadalupe effective December 31, 2017, Boyd Reed has assumed the duties… Read More »

International Master Dorsa Derakashani wrote an op-ed for the New York Times over New Year's Day weekend, where she explained why she… Read More »

Congrats to Webster University's A team on winning the Pan American Championships in Columbus, Ohio with a score of 5.5-.5
Also qualifying for the… Read More »

Jack Judy (left) and Aarush Ajith
Watch our highlight reel from Greg Shahade's twitter coverage of the Kindergarten National Chess… Read More »

Top finishers in the fourth grade Championship are in a festive mood.
Results are in from the K-12 National Grade Championships, held near Disney… Read More »

Photo Jim Doyle
US Chess has gone to Disney World as the Main Event of the K-12 Chess Championships is underway in Buena Vista, Florida (live games… Read More »