Super Grandmaster Chess

The Altibox Norway Chess Tournament kicked off with victory for American Wesley So, who took down the blitz tournament, half a point ahead of fellow… Read More »

What makes Norway the self-proclaimed "World's Strongest Tournament"? The event will feature the reigning World Champion, the Challenger, 8 players… Read More »

Just weeks after becoming the newly crowned US Champion, Sam Shankland won the 2018 Capablanca Memorial by a convincing 1.5 point margin.

Congratulations to 26-year-old Grandmaster Sam Shankland, our new US Chess Champion! Sam finished ahead of three GMs in the top ten players in the… Read More »

In both the overall and women’s championships, two huge underdogs are leading. Sam Shankland is tied for 1st along with Fabiano Caruana, and Annie… Read More »

In his best-selling book, Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari, writes that the greatest resource in US are the brains of Silicon Valley. Perhaps one reason… Read More »

The US Chess Championships and US Women's Championships begin tomorrow at 2 EST. Photo Austin Fuller
IM Greg Shahade, PRO Chess League… Read More »

American Hikaru Nakamura, one of the world’s top chess Grandmasters, has shown his generosity by honoring a pledge he made earlier this year to… Read More »

This weekend the PRO Chess League is jumping out of our computer screens into real life---The playoffs will culminate with a two-day Finals battle… Read More »

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UT-RGV)
Villanova and Michigan’s Monday night tip-off for the NCAA national round ball championship… Read More »