An IM norm tournament (August 16-20) is underway at the Berkeley Chess Club with ten strong female competitors, including seven-time US Champion… Read More »
Levon Aronian won the 2019 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz with a combined score of 22 points, a half-point ahead of Yu Yangyi, Ding Liren, and Maxime...
A long-time nationally syndicated chess columnist and the face of the Fischer-Spassky match in America, Shelby Lyman died Sunday at age 82. courtesy…
16-year-old Annie Wang won the Pan-American Under 20 Championship to secure a gold medal, IM title and GM norm. This article is now updated with… Read More »
The United States delegation secured the first overall (combined) place at the recently concluded 2019 PanAmerican Youth Championship in Guayaquil...
GM Timur Gareyev scored a perfect 6-0 in the 2019 Pacific Coast Open (July 18-20, Van Nuys, CA), earning $3,100 for his sterling performance...
As an arbiter, I am in a unique position to see many things unfold in chess that are normally unnoticed. I would like to share some fun things that...
IM Kostya Kavutskiy will be presenting an annotated Game of the Day each day over the course of the 120th U.S. Open. Today he analyzes the final… Read More »
Welcome to the August 2019 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which we talk to people who are advancing the US Chess mission...
Grandmaster Illia Nyzhnyk scored an astounding 8/9 to win the 2019 U.S. Open. He takes home $6400 for his efforts, plus a bonus of $200 for...