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The 2018 United States Amateur Team Championship playoff between the four regional championship teams will take place on Saturday, September 22. The… Read More »
US Olympic team members Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So stood among five victors at the Champions Showdown, Chess 960, a series of head to head matches… Read More »
FLAG! That is the word that moved your opponent’s brain right out of the time scramble zone. He had 90 minutes to make 40 moves (40/90,d5) in the… Read More »
US Chess would like to notify players of the upcoming North American Junior (U20) Chess Championship in Baja California, Mexico, November 16 - 21...… Read More »
Young female players explain the powerful impact of chess in their lives and the challenges they’ve faced in the game. CROSSVILLE, TN: The US Chess… Read More »
The Champions Showdown (September 11-14), now underway is Saint Louis, is headlined by 13th World Champion Garry Kasparov, who came out of retirement… Read More »
GM Timur Gareyev, less than a month from becoming US Open champ, took first by a full point with a 5½ - ½ score.Read More »
It was a clear day in LA and the weather was comfortable. My wife, Susan had left to teach school that morning as she had since the start of the...… Read More »
At US Chess, the ratio of boys to girls in tournaments is 6 to 1. This means that more often than not, I can be the only girl (or one of the only...… Read More »
GM Fidel Corrales and IM Jay Bonin tied for first in the Cleveland Open August 10th to 12th at the Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport Hotel.Read More »