On May 7, Sunday evening, SuperNationals VI pre-registrations eclipsed previous records and we are now on track to hosting the largest rated chess...… Read More »
Flashback Friday to the 1st SuperNationals, held in Knoxville in 1997. Photo Bill Snead Over 5200 players have registered for SuperNationals VI...… Read More »
Luke Harmon-Vellotti at the 2016 Chicago Open. Photo: Betsy Dynako Zacate. International Master Luke Harmon-Vellotti, 18, recently was selected from… Read More »
Cherepanov started the tournament as the 3rd seed behind Defending Champion GM Alonso Zapata and Senior Master Deepak Aaron. He played both of his...… Read More »
Claudia Munoz Claudia Munoz is well known to the US Chess community, through her social media presence and precocious accomplishments, including...… Read More »
“I don’t have the patience for correspondence or the hands for bullet.” -Magnus Carlsen on limiting himself to three world titles - standard, blitz… Read More »
The Master section was extremely strong. There were 21 players, and one third were GMs!Read More »
The US Chess Federation (US Chess) is soliciting T-Shirt Vendor bids for the following National events: (see our previous announcement about… Read More »
The US Chess Federation is soliciting Bookstore bids for the following National events: 2017 U.S. Open, July 29 – August 6, 2017, Sheraton Norfolk...… Read More »
Despite not falling under the norm-seeker category, I was still attracted to the tournament because of its format. Even though it was a “Swiss,” the… Read More »