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En Passant
For centuries, pawns could move forward two squares on their initial move. But the rules were debated when the move bypassed… Read More »
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Grandmaster Judit Polgar, the top female chessplayer in history, will appear our US Chess Women girls club on June 3. The legendary champion is also… Read More »
The Evolution of Modern Chess Rules
Throughout the history of chess, the only direction a pawn could move is forward. The only variable left was what happened when a pawn reached the… Read More »
Chess Castling
Part Three of former US Chess President John McCrary's historical series tracks the progression of the modern-day castling maneuver.
White on Right
Former US Chess President John McCrary continues his historical series by examining when and how White received the first move.
Former US Chess Federation President John McCrary
Former US Chess President John McCrary digs up the origins of chess' rules as we know them, beginning his historical series discussing the draw.
Sabrina Chevannes
Women International Master, author and entrepreneur Sabrina Chevannes is our February guest on Ladies Knight. Sabrina talks about how she… Read More »
Liz Spiegel on Open Files
On January 21st, Thursday at 5:30 PM EST, renowned chess coach Elizabeth Spiegel will be teaching a class on "Open Files" to our US Chess… Read More »
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Several big names around US Chess will present this weekend at ChessTech2020, the first international conference covering all online and digital… Read More »
Garry Kasparov, Class in Session
As the press and accolades for the Queen's Gambit continues to boom, 13th World Champion Garry Kasparov paid our Girls Club Room a special visit to… Read More »
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