Posts categorized "News"
Nationals. A rite of passage for every young American chessplayer. Rows of trophies that are often taller than the kids who win them line the stage… Read More »
The National K-12 Grade Championships begin this weekend in Nashville, TN, starting with blitz and bughouse tournaments on December 15, Thursday… Read More »
GM Timur Gareyev. Photo: Irina Nizmutdinova The 52nd incarnation of Southern California’s premier tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend saw GM...… Read More »
Kostya at the 2016 Autumn Invitational, Photo Aman Hambleton “The first norm is always the hardest”, I wrote, naively, back in 2014. I had just… Read More »
Grand Chess Tour leader Wesley So and US Champion Fabiano Caruana are off to a good start at the London Chess Classic, the final stop of the 2016… Read More »
Find archives of detailed reports on US Chess surveys to our membership. 2014 survey results (pdf) 2015 survey results (pdf) 2016 survey results (pdf… Read More »
Alex Shabalov, Photo Betsy Dynako Zacate The King’s Island Open was held from November 11-13 in Blue Ash, Ohio a suburb of Cincinnati. The $30,000...… Read More »
Photo: Austin Fuller While my Sinquefield Cup preview from earlier this year describes the achievements and chances of many of the London Classic...… Read More »
Ju Wenjun won the final leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, earning enough GP points to become the 2017 Women's World Championship Challenger.Read… Read More »
Akshat Chandra, Photo STL Chess Club Congrats to 17-year-old Akshat Chandra of Quest to GM, who recently earned his final GM norm at the Autumn...… Read More »