Obituary
It is with profound sadness that I report the passing of Ernest W. “Ernie” Schlich Aug. 23, 2026. Ernie was a former US Chess employee, a long-time… Read More »
Jim Mennella was born in 1948 and grew up in Brooklyn. In the mid-1970s he joined the US Chess Federation and his bank’s corporate team. He… Read More »
Update from chesstour.com on August 12, 2026:Visitation Services will be held for William Goichberg from 5:00-8:00 pm on Tuesday August 18th atFlynn… Read More »
Grandmaster Jan Timman, a former world No. 2, a three-time world championship candidate and nine-time Dutch champion, died Thursday. He was 74.… Read More »
Editor's note: these stories first appeared in the December 2025 issue of Chess Life magazine. Consider becoming a US Chess member… Read More »
FM Tibor Weinberger, of Santa Monica, California, passed away Aug. 28. He was born in 1932 in Budapest to Marton and Erzébet (née Teitelbaum)… Read More »
Editor's note: This story first appeared in the March 2025 issue of Chess Life magazine, and is re-published here along with this collection of… Read More »
Born May 15, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, George Mortimer Kramer began playing chess and competing at a young age. By 1945, he had won the New York… Read More »