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![Herbert](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/herbert-b.-jacklyn.png.webp?itok=n9-3-sfK)
US Chess is opening the application process for the 2022-2023 Herbert B. Jacklyn Program. The program is funded by a generous bequest to US Chess… Read More »
![DALL-E, Fabiano Caruana as a Guest Star on Pee Wees Playhouse](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_dall-e-fabiano-caruana-750x400.jpg.webp?itok=DhWryG1Y)
With modern chess engines operating at hundreds of points stronger than the best human players, it’s clear we mere mammals are officially a relic of… Read More »
![2022 Candidates Preview Podcast GM Jacob Aagaard](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo-candidates-podcast_jacob-aagaard_750x400.png.webp?itok=_AUBOWhH)
Our bonus Candidates preview is out! Chess Life and Chess Life Online editor John Hartmann chats with GM Jacob Aagaard about the Candidates, Magnus… Read More »
![GM Hikaru Nakamura, 2021. Photo: Ootes/STLCC](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_nakamura_2021_stlcc_ootes_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=2b2A_0Gp)
In chess’s romantic period, strong players would only move a piece if an opponent could raise enough cash to make it worth their while. In the modern… Read More »
![One Move at a Time Elliot Neff](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_one-move_elliot-neff_750x400_.jpg.webp?itok=B0wLII3O)
For the June edition of One Move at a Time, US Chess Senior Director of Strategic Communication Dan Lucas sits down with Elliott Neff, CEO and… Read More »
![One Move at a Time GM John Fedorowicz](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_one-move_may-2022_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=4zopaiNC)
For the May edition of One Move at a Time, US Chess Senior Director of Strategic Communication Dan Lucas sits down with GM John Fedorowicz, a member… Read More »
![FM Mariia Berdnyk](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_berdnyk_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=xofNEbuR)
While many are writing about what is going on in Ukraine, and many are speaking out in a time when Twitter and streaming technologies give voice to… Read More »
![Voices from Ukraine Olga Babiy](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/clo_ukraine_olga-babiy_750x400.jpg.webp?itok=Br9vU2C9)
US Chess, in partnership with the Kasparov Chess Foundation, continues to raise money for relief to the Ukrainian chess community through GoFundMe.… Read More »
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Update on 2/26: Do you want to offer direct help? US Chess has established a GoFundMe campaign to assist suffering Ukrainian chess players. The… Read More »