International Events

Andrew Tang vs. Magnus Carlsen, Photo Lennart Ootes
The 2018 King Salman FIDE World Rapid Blitz Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia (Dec 26-28… Read More »

US Chess wishes a merry Christmas to all our members and chess devotees, as well as luck and warmth to many of our top players on the road. Earlier… Read More »

The 2018 Pan American Veterans [50+] & Senior [65+] Championships were held December 8-13 in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. For the first… Read More »

Hikaru Nakamura was crowned Grand Chess Tour Champion on December 17 in London after a tight match against the #2 rated blitz player in the World,… Read More »

GM Hikaru Nakamura, Photo Grand Chess Tour
The Grand Chess Tour finals (December 14-16) are set as American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura will face… Read More »

The Grand Chess Tour finals, hosted at the 10th London Chess Classic will be held from December 11-17, 2018 and broadcast live on grandchesstour.org… Read More »

It's been just over a week since the Carlsen-Caruana World Championship ended, but it feels like a lot longer. Let's reminsce via the top ten tweets… Read More »

The World Youth U16 Olympiad is underway in Konya Turkey (November 24-December 3) and Team USA is putting on an inspiring performance, even… Read More »