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IM Kostya Kavutskiy will be presenting an annotated Game of the Day each day over the course of the 120th US Open. For his first installment, he...
Scenes from the first day of the 120th US Open.
The 120th US Open kicked off yesterday with a simul, some bughouse, and the first of nine days of intense chess competition. Here’s a rundown of the…
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave held off a surging Viswanathan Anand to win the 2019 Paris Grand Chess Tour. Vachier-Lagrave scored 13 points in the Rapid...
UPDATE 8/3: For those playing in the National Senior Tournament of Champions - please note that the opening ceremony starts at 2pm in Salon 5-6. This…
US Chess has learned that Harry Sabine has died at age 78. Harry Sabine was a giant of scholastic chess in both his home state of Tennessee and...
ORLANDO, FLORIDA: 17-year-old Jennifer Yu of Ashburn, Virginia, the 2019 U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, will be conducting a simultaneous exhibition*...
The Continental Chess Association had a busy weekend July 19th-21st, running three events in Chicago, IL, Manhattan, NY, and Orlando, FL. Together… Read More »
American players have been rather busy in international play these past few weeks, and a key event kicks off tomorrow with our current U.S. Champion…
A FIDE survey that began on July 13 closes this weekend. It may be filled out by anyone interested in chess: Click here for the survey. US Chess did…