Posts categorized "Kids"
In an indication of the growing popularity and power of girls in chess, two eight-year-olds cracked the 2000 threshold in chess rating within one day…
Jennifer Shahade interviews FM Mike Klein of chess.com, now a three-time Chess Journalist of America of the Year (2012, 2015 and 2018), and this… Read More »
Back row: (left to right): Vyom Vidyarthi, Derek Wu, Rochelle Wu, Nastassja Matus, Adrian Kondakov, Robert Shlyakhtenko (for some reason I’m smiling… Read More »
US Chess would like to notify players of the upcoming North American Junior (U20) Chess Championship in Baja California, Mexico, November 16 - 21...
GM Timur Gareyev, less than a month from becoming US Open champ, took first by a full point with a 5½ - ½ score.
At US Chess, the ratio of boys to girls in tournaments is 6 to 1. This means that more often than not, I can be the only girl (or one of the only...
The 84 th Annual Southwest Open took place on August 30 – September 3 in Irving, Texas. The event attracted 349 players who competed in six sections…
Christopher Yoo, at just age 11, won the Cal State Chess Championships, held in Northern California at the Berkeley Chess School over Labor Day...
I was really excited to get invited to coach for the U.S. team at the 2018 Pan American Youth Chess Championships—it’s been a goal of mine for a few…
The Kasparov Foundation continues to promote not only chess excellence within our elite junior players through world class training workshops and...