Posts categorized "News"

The Rapid Park Open is one of the largest outdoor chess tournaments! What a perfect way to end the summer and welcome the school year!Read More »
Jennifer Pearson CROSSVILLE, TN: The US Chess Federation is pleased to announce the hiring of Jennifer Pearson for the newly-created position of...… Read More »
When Winston Wang and Frank Prestia, Sr. bumped into each other at the Parkway Hotel in St. Louis, they were both startled, but they both realized...… Read More »
Welcome to the inaugural edition of "One Move at a Time," the US Chess podcast in which we talk to people and organizations that are advancing the US… Read More »
On the International Day of the Girl, October 11th, 2018, we are thrilled to share with the US Chess community more good news about initiatives to...… Read More »
The Frank P. Samford Jr. Chess Fellowship is pleased to announce its thirty-third consecutive annual award. The Fellowship was created by the late...… Read More »
Congrats to Wesley So, who defeated GM Vidit Gujarathi on his 25th birthday. The occasion was celebrated by plenty of photoshops and memes on twitter… Read More »
Rusa Goletiani, Alisa Melekhina, Yuanling Yuan, Anita Wu and Alexandra Wiener Hosted at the offices of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, the first season… Read More »
Elliot Neff, member of the US Chess Scholastic Council and coach of the Uganda Women's chess team at the recent Olympiad, has just released a new… Read More »
US Chess will be sending one official team to the upcoming 2018 FIDE World Youth U16 Olympiad – regulations can be seen here. This event is held in… Read More »