Posts categorized "Kids"

2019 Denker field. Photo by Ana Vivas. Each year, US Chess hosts five premier invitational events (the Rockefeller event begins in 2020): GM Arnold...
Congratulations to Rachael Li of Texas, who has broken the 2200 barrier at just nine years old to become the youngest female US Chess Master in...
The 2019 NJH Championship In June 2019, the Scholastic Council formed a subcommittee of the Scholastic Committee to examine the current structure of…
In early August 2019, a group of the strongest juniors in the country were invited to the 51st US Chess School at the Mechanics Chess Club in San...
The SPICE Cup is a popular tournament for norm seekers, due to the large number of foreign IMs and GM who typically play. This year's edition was… Read More »
Abhi at the Bay Area International Photo David Llada Rising superstar Abhimanyu Mishra earned his third IM norm at the GM Maxim Academy Closed event…
Tons of smiles and eager faces ready for the fun at the first Promoting to Queens event. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, IM Annie Wang, WIM Sarah Lu, and six...
Jacob Laval backstage in his dressing room at "The Rose Tattoo." Photo by Jeremy Varner. Starring Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei, the Tennessee...
A limited amount of space is now available in our tournament program book for the 2019 National K-12 Grade Championships. The event is being held… Read More »
A recent segment on a Philadelphia Public TV show, "You Oughta Know" showed the efforts of this year's "Chess City of the Year" to diversify chess...