From a Yacht to Online: Promoting to Queens Zooms Ahead
Jay Stallings, founder of the California Youth Chess League, planned four special events to promote women and girls’ chess in the 2020-2021 school calendar year…
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Aagaard on the Candidates – Post-Postponement
With the postponement of the remainder of the 2020 Candidates until a time to be determined, GM Jacob Aagaard recorded one last video with CLO…
2020 Candidates Paused after Seven Rounds
At approximately 2:42am GMT, FIDE announced that they are freezing the 2020 Candidates Tournament and postponing the remaining seven rounds for the foreseeable future. The…
Kosteniuk Crowned Isolated Chess Queen as Krush Recovers from COVID-19
On Saturday, March 21, Botez Live and US Chess Women hosted the Isolated Queens Swiss, a blitz tournament on chess.com open to female players of…
Aagaard on the Candidates: Round 7
For the seventh installment of his “Candidates Game of the Day” series, GM Jacob Aagaard has analyzed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s huge victory over co-leader Ian Nepomniatchtchi…
Online-Rated US Chess Events
On March 25, 2020, the US Chess Executive Board passed the following motion 7-0: The Executive Board (EB) moves that all games submitted by Tournament…
Chess Boards Will Be Set Up Again
A personal message from US Chess Executive Director Carol Meyer Dear Friends in Chess: During this time, unprecedented in all of our lives, I find…
Aagaard on the Candidates: Rounds 4-6
GM Jacob Aagaard spoke to CLO Digital Editor John Hartmann on Tuesday about the current state of play at the 2020 Candidates, including discussion of…
2020 U.S. Junior and U.S. Senior Opens have been Canceled
Host hotel cancels event booking due to COVID-19 preparations The 2020 U.S. Junior Open and the 2020 U.S. Senior Open have been canceled and will…
Crossville Staff to Telecommute
Beginning on March 25, US Chess staff in Crossville, Tennessee will be telecommuting with only limited access to the office building. With the rapid spread…
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