Obituary
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Rachel Lieberman with her husband Myron at the 2003… Read More »
![Alice and Arthur Feuerstein](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/alice-and-arthur-feuerstein-750x400.jpg.webp?itok=py6K4Q2L)
Editor’s note: US Chess was saddened to learn of the death of Arthur Feuerstein at the age of 86. We could think of nothing better to honor this… Read More »
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Anyone who has attended a U.S. Open since 1974 has seen a couple—always together—walking from meeting to meeting in matching tee shirts that… Read More »
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US Chess has received word that Myron Lieberman died on Christmas Eve. Myron was a former Policy Board member (now called Executive Board) and… Read More »
![IA/NTD Wayne Clark](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/wayneclark.jpg.webp?itok=LkZt9OnG)
Wayne Clark selflessly taught the art of tournament direction, helping organize the largest events around the Midwest and the nation for 20 years.… Read More »
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Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov died on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.
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![Carol Jarecki, 2019 (Lennart Ootes)](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/carol-jarecki-2019-slcc-lennart-ootes.jpg.webp?itok=ST4KcdzI)
Rare are those people whose lives have been of such richness and merit that they earn a New York Times obituary the day after their death.
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US Chess has learned that IA Ken Ballou has died.
Ballou, a life member of US Chess, directed 291 tournaments according to his records,… Read More »
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US Chess has learned that Harold J. Winston, a giant in the history of the governance of the US Chess Federation, has died.
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![Lubomir Kavalek 1943-2021](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/kavalek-2.jpg.webp?itok=8k46uL7c)
The three-time US Chess Champion and Hall of Fame coach and author passed away January 18. Read More »