National Events

Woodward confidently moves against Caruana as Lee blurs by. (Photo courtesy SLCC/Lennart Ootes)
After a day off, players were ready to fight, and the 2026 U.S. Championships delivered eight decisive results on Wednesday. IM Alice Lee… Read More »
Outside of SLCC in 2025, "Greetings from Chess Capital USA" photo courtesy SLCC/Lennart Ootes.
Editor's Note: Chess Life and Chess Life Online Editor John Hartmann made it to St. Louis for the first two rounds of the 2026 U.S. Championships. A… Read More »
Caruana Robson
In Round 4 of the 2026 U.S. Championships, we witnessed brilliant sacrifices, complex endgames, and missed opportunities. Going into the first… Read More »
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The Fischer Prize is safe for another year and journalists will have to find new storylines. Round 3 of the 2026 U.S. Championships saw all four… Read More »
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After two rounds of the 2026 U.S. Championships, four players (two per event) remain in contention for the Fischer Prize in St. Louis. In the Open,… Read More »
All players
The 2026 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship wasted no time, delivering us a host of exciting pairings right from the jump. Round 1… Read More »
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Will we finally see a new champion in either the U.S. Championship or the U.S. Women’s Championship this year? Not if either of our Olympiad top… Read More »
Cadets
Californian IM Julian Colville won the 2026 U.S. Cadet Championship in a playoff over New York’s FM Aditeya Das to claim the national Under-16 title… Read More »
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This week's puzzles continue a series on the 2026 U.S. Open and National Invitationals. You can review all of our event coverage on Chess Life Online… Read More »
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This week's puzzles continue a series on the 2026 U.S. Open and National Invitationals. You can review all of our event coverage on Chess Life Online… Read More »
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