The US Chess Delegation to the 2017 FIDE Congress consisted of four people: Grant Oen, Walter Brown, Michael Khodarkovsky, and Ruth Haring. As usual…
It is 7am in Chicago, and the final round of the World Cadet Championship in Poços de Caldas, Brazil is about to begin. My eyes are glued to my cell…
The 26thAnnual Midwest Class Championship was held from October 6th to 8th in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling, IL and drew 333 players pursuing the $… Read More »
This tournament was truly one of the most eventful that I've ever played - it seemed like every round there was some new story!
On October 14, 2017, Chess Girls DC, a local DC Non-Profit, in partnership with Capital Area Chess, directed by Anand Dommalapati , Chief Tournament…
Double Tandem Simul players from left to right: Naomi Bashkansky, Phiona Mutesi, Benjamin Mukumbya and Noah Fields, Photo Floyd English How many...
GM Carlos Matamoros If it’s mid-October in Reno, it’s not only National Chess Day, but time for the Western States Open at the Sands Regency Hotel...
In memory of one of the greatest legends of American chess, William Lombardy (1937-2017), the Marshall Chess Club plans a FIDE Rated Memorial Blitz...
My ninth FIDE Congress was hosted at the Avantgarde Hotel Resort in Antalya, Turkey with a very nice view to the Mediterranean and small mountains...
This question, asked in the best owl-voice possible, rings clear over chessboards, set and ready for battle. “We are!” responds the room of students…