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The Frank P. Samford Jr. Chess Fellowship is pleased to announce its thirty-third consecutive annual award. The Fellowship was created by the late...
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…
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...
With the election of Russian Arkady Dvorkovich to the FIDE Presidency and the promise of reform within the chess world’s governing body, US Chess...
In an indication of the growing popularity and power of girls in chess, two eight-year-olds cracked the 2000 threshold in chess rating within one day…
SAINT LOUIS (September 27, 2018) –A new exhibition celebrating the renowned photographs of Harry Benson CBE, Harry Benson: Kings & Queens, will… Read More »
Jennifer Shahade interviews FM Mike Klein of chess.com, now a three-time Chess Journalist of America of the Year (2012, 2015 and 2018), and this… Read More »
US Chess President Allen Priest and Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Melikset Khachiyan and Wesley So at the start of the Croatia-USA match. Photo:… Read More »