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Rochelle Ballantyne leapt into the chess community’s collective consciousness with the 2012 release of Brooklyn Castle, a documentary that chronicled…
The 2018 Amateur Team North broke another attendance record. 84 teams with 364 players came out for the National Event, held from February 16-18 in...
The fields are now set for the U.S. Chess Championships and U.S. Women's Chess Championships, set for April 18-30 at the Saint Louis Chess Club. See…
Olga Rubtsova was the only person to become Women's World Champion in both OTB and Correspondence Chess.
Vanessa West The #2 article in Best of US Chess 2018 is Should Women’s Chess Titles Be Eliminated? by Vanessa West. Vanessa, also the 2017 Chess...
FM Alisa Melekhina covers key games on her way to finishing second in the U2300 of the 2017 NAO Open. She also gave a presentation on her recent book…
The Charlotte Chess Center is perhaps becoming an American “norm factory,” having produced several norms and titles in 2016 and 2017.
WIM Dr. Alexey Root The #9 article in Best of US Chess 2017 is In Memory of Dad: Chess, Parenting & Crossing Borders by WIM Dr. Alexey Root.… Read More »
FLOWER MOUND, TX – Play chess and meet former U.S. women’s chess champion Alexey Root as she signs her latest book, Prepare With Chess Strategy, on...
International Master Dorsa Derakashani wrote an op-ed for the New York Times over New Year's Day weekend, where she explained why she left her native…