When your tournament game ends there are typically three results: a win, a draw or a loss. It turns out there is a fourth option: split results… Read More »
Ratings
At the board meeting of March 16-17, the Executive Board passed the following motion 8-0:
"The Executive Board moves to suspend indefinitely… Read More »
What's Their Rating?
You made a decision to check out the competition before the start of round one at the State of Confusion Class. The organizers… Read More »
An Unrated Wins the Upset Prize
Chess rules simply can’t be written to cover every possibility, especially for unintended results. Sometimes lengthy… Read More »
Beginning at 9 a.m. CT on October 5 and in effect for up to 24 hours, the Membership Service Area (MSA) of our website will be down for scheduled… Read More »
Korey Kormick, who has been the US Chess Technical & Ratings Manager since March 2021, has been promoted to Director of Member Services effective… Read More »
The US Chess Executive Board recently approved changes to the Invitational Rating List Regulations. These rating lists are used to determine the… Read More »
August 23, 9am Central:
US Chess is aware of a new issue with the player search and ratings lookup interface. It is being actively worked on by our… Read More »
US Chess announces the planned outage of a data server for maintenance purposes. This server will be taken offline on Tuesday, August 24, and… Read More »
Beginning at 6 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 22, and continuing through until 6 AM Thursday, June 24, US Chess will be conducting a necessary update to its… Read More »