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The Texas Women’s Chess Championship was held June 23-24, 2018 at the North Richland Hills Public Library. The top-rated player, WFM Devina… Read More »
The 2018 version of the World Open kicked off at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott last week. Counting blitz and action events, the World Open...
US Chess has opened its search for a Director of Development, a new position within US Chess. The Director of Development will be a member of the...
The July edition of “Cover Stories with Chess Life” is now live! This monthly podcast, hosted by Senior Director of Strategic Communication Daniel...
The 2018 Delegates Call is now available to view online. We will mail Delegates a printed copy of the Delegates Call around July 17th. Please use… Read More »
Atulya Vaidya, 2018 US Junior Open Champion Atulya Vaidya, 18, of Texas won clear first in the US Junior Open, held from June 22-24 in New Orleans...
The vast majority of the top chess players in the world started playing the game at an extremely young age. Sam Shankland completely broke this...
Erick Zhao was seeded #4 entering the tournament and had a great event, winning each one of his games and defeating seeds #1-3 seeds in the process.
Kasparov went through every game, providing his insights and analysis as well as recommendations for improvement. Students also were tasked with...
Congratulations to Grandmaster Cristian Chirila, our new National Open Champion. Cristian won the Edmondson Cup and the $8000 prize with 6/7, a half…