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2021 National K-12
After the longest hiatus, American scholastic chess returns with the 2021 K-12 Championships this weekend in Orlando, Florida.
Jennifer Shahade and Rusa Goletiani in 2019
The US Chess Girls club has been extremely active since the Spring of 2020, meeting over 100 times, and featuring cross-cultural collaborations from… Read More »
2021 National K-12
Players and parents who are interested in the 2021 National K-12 Grade Championships will want to attend one of our virtual Town Hall meetings to… Read More »
UT-Dallas 2021 Online Collegiate Blitz Champions
The underdog UTD squad came up big with a feisty group of IMs, who also helped grab the team bronze in the Collegiate Rapid Championship.
2021 National K-12
Players and parents who are interested in the 2021 National K-12 Grade Championships will want to attend one of our virtual Town Hall meetings to… Read More »
2021 US Chess Champions GM Wesley So and IM Carissa Yip
Grandmaster Wesley So defended for his third title as U.S. Champion, while IM Carissa Yip earned her first crowning as the American female champion.
GMs Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and Sam Sevian
GMs Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and Sam Sevian will play a round-robin playoff for the 2021 US Chess Championship Tuesday in the Saint Louis Chess… Read More »
GM Fabiano Caruana
IM Carissa Yip will be America's next women's champion, while the World's No. 2 GM is back from the dead in the 2021 national chess championship.
IM Carissa Yip
Everything is to play for with just two rounds remaining at the 2021 U.S. Championship and Women’s Championship. GM Fabiano Caruana defeated GM… Read More »
Chess
The championship tournament to determine the 2021 king and queen of American chess enters its three-game finale beginning Saturday.
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