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On the weekend of July 20-22, Continental Chess Association held three separate events that collectively drew 712 players and awarded $62,500 in...
Blindfold phenom Timur Gareyev (Kansas) kept his eyes very wide open to opportunities as he rebounded from a 5 th-Round loss to GM Jorge Cori...
IM Praveen Balakrishnan and Andy Huang, both of Virginia, Photo Henk Prinsloo All three of the junior Champion of Champions had to win as Black in… Read More »
Over the past years, the community of junior chess players in the United States has gradually grown much stronger. With stars like 17-year-old GMs...
Over a month has passed since the second annual Charity Chess Championship and I still have not been fully able to process what a tremendous day it...
The vast majority of the top chess players in the world started playing the game at an extremely young age. Sam Shankland completely broke this...
The first Charlotte Chess Festival (June 6 – 16, 2018) is in Charlotte, North Carolina, which was recently awarded “ Chess City of the Year” by US...
We are thrilled to announce the 2018 Annual Awards Winners, including Woman Chess Player of the Year, Sabina Foisor, "I am honored and humbled to...
US Chess Executive Director Carol Meyer, Seth Talyansky and Sunil Weeramantry, Photo Robert McClelland COLUMBUS, OHIO: The 501(c)3 US Chess… Read More »
Awonder Liang at the U.S. Junior Championship, which he went on to win. Photo: US Championship Website The FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP...