Posts categorized "News"

Last week one of my favorite yearly events, the Spice Cup Open, concluded in Saint Louis, Missouri. With both Webster University and Saint Louis...… Read More »
Tim Just is a National Tournament Director, FIDE National Arbiter, and editor of the 5th & 6th edition of the US Chess Rulebook. He is also the… Read More »
Ding Liren vs. Wesley So at the World Cup Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren has already qualified for the 2018 Candidates set for Berlin in March. Next… Read More »
Photos by Ms. F.T. Reid Metro Atlanta Chess Partners hosted our National Chess Day 2nd Annual Campout Tournament at the Outdoor Activity Center in...… Read More »
SAINT LOUIS (October 26, 2017) — In 2016, for the first time in 40 years, the American national team edged out 180 countries from around the world to… Read More »
The GAMMA Reykjavik Open in Iceland is always popular among American players. In 2017, Kostya Kavutskiy wrote about the same event in his Magical...… Read More »
Let's take a look at the winning teams and the teams with their fates hanging in the balance.Read More »
Where can you see Magnus Carlsen at his best one week, scoring a perfect 4-0 against a team of mostly grandmasters, and at his worst another...Read… Read More »
This year’s edition featured a special treat, as the newly crowned U16 Girls World Champion Annie Wang made an appearance and spent some time with… Read More »
The United States Chess Federation wishes to congratulate each of the 74 members of this year’s All-America Chess Team for receiving this prestigious… Read More »