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A limited amount of space is now available in our tournament program books for the three US Chess spring national championships: 2019 National High...
Tim Just If annoying acts cause a migraine, see a TD and make a claim. Your opponent complains to the TD that you are eating a sandwich at the board…
FM Alisa Melekhina shares insights in her capacity as a co-organizer and board 1 player in the inaugural season of the NYCCL. After six matches...
Have you ever stumbled across some off-the-wall unofficial rules of chess? You know the kind—rules that players think are really official, but are… Read More »
Players with disabilities need special care, so there are special rules to make it fair.
A limited amount of space is now available in our tournament program book for the 2018 National K-12 Grade Championship. The event is being held from…
Batumi 2018 will be remembered for the great performances by both USA teams at the 43rd Chess Olympiad, where the Open team earned silver medals, and…
US Chess President Allen Priest and Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Melikset Khachiyan and Wesley So at the start of the Croatia-USA match. Photo:… Read More »
Back row: (left to right): Vyom Vidyarthi, Derek Wu, Rochelle Wu, Nastassja Matus, Adrian Kondakov, Robert Shlyakhtenko (for some reason I’m smiling… Read More »
FLAG! That is the word that moved your opponent’s brain right out of the time scramble zone. He had 90 minutes to make 40 moves (40/90,d5) in the… Read More »