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Our rulebook has some rules that require a face-off: apparently contradictory rules that each claim they are top dog. A pair of rules, in other words…
Just counting events tagged with National Chess Day or NCD on US Chess’s Membership Services Area, affiliates hosted 48 rated tournaments around the…
Six days before Checkmate: USA vs India, one of its commentators, GM Harshit Raja, predicted that India would win 3–2 against the USA team, despite...
US Chess is pleased to announce plans to create a new program to replace the current Certified Chess Coach Program. To ensure consistent quality...
In this issue, I have decided to just 'follow along' with what was provided from the Front Office's Recent Event Winners report and the tournaments...
Editor's note: In the spirit of this essay, I am choosing to publish it as-is. There are a few changes I would make — including putting spaces around…
Gender and the President's Cup: A Statistical Analysis Introduction by Dr. Alexey Root, WIM: Since 2001, the President’s Cup has been the national...
There is an entire rule devoted to half-point byes in our rulebook. There you will find directives on when to allow them and when not to allow them...
TD Help or Interference? At the end of a long tournament game, it was clock-banging time. Both contestants were aiming to win via a flag fall, or a...
Breaking: Fishbein wins Senior Championship after three-way playoff For the first time ever, we have a three-way tie in the U.S. Senior Championship…