Posts categorized "News"
With the COVID-19 pandemic decimating the over-the-board schedule, there are still chess activities are going. Clubs and coaches have shifted from...… Read More »
Jay Stallings, founder of the California Youth Chess League, planned four special events to promote women and girls' chess in the 2020-2021 school...… Read More »
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… Read More »
At approximately 2:42am GMT, FIDE announced that they are freezing the 2020 Candidates Tournament and postponing the remaining seven rounds for the… Read More »
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 all… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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...… Read More »
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… Read More »
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 not… Read More »