US Chess

Wesley So, Photo Lennart Ootes
Three American players top the crosstable in London after seven rounds. Wesley So leads with 5/7 and he has… Read More »

The National K-12 Grade Championships begin this weekend in Nashville, TN, starting with blitz and bughouse tournaments on December 15, Thursday… Read More »

Grand Chess Tour leader Wesley So and US Champion Fabiano Caruana are off to a good start at the London Chess Classic, the final stop of the 2016… Read More »

Akshat Chandra, Photo STL Chess Club
Congrats to 17-year-old Akshat Chandra of Quest to GM, who recently earned his final GM norm at the… Read More »

Carlsen and Karjakin, Photo Max Avdeev
After a short round on Monday, World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Sergei Karjakin head to a dramatic rapid… Read More »

The Election Committee will run a special Executive Board election to fill the vacancy caused by Randy Bauer's resignation concurrently with the 2017… Read More »

Rochelle Wu, in Two Sigma apparel, Photo GM Irina Krush
Rochelle Wu earned a gold medal in the Girls Under 10 section of the World Cadets in… Read More »

Nikhil Kumar clinched gold at Open Under 12, World Cadets in Batumi with a round to go, while several other US members including Rochelle Wu (Girls… Read More »

After a huge win vs. Indian prodigy IM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa US team member Nikhil Kumar now holds the clear lead in the Under 12 section of… Read More »

Michael Khodarkovsky – Delegate, Ruth Haring – US Zonal President and Walter Brown – QC Commission Councilor all contributed to this report… Read More »