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Team USA suffered its first match loss in the Open today, losing 1½–2½ to Germany when GM Frederik Svane defeated GM Hans Niemann on Board 3 and GM...
Both American teams currently boast 6/6 scores after three rounds of the 11-round 46 th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Of the 205 teams competing in the Open...
Californian IM Julian Colville won the 2026 U.S. Cadet Championship in a playoff over New York’s FM Aditeya Das to claim the national Under-16 title…
The 3rd FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities begins this week in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with the opening ceremony on Thursday and the first...
American GM Wesley So won his second straight Sinquefield Cup, his third total, after a playoff against Indian GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu that went…
For the first time, the Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC)’s two premier international events are taking place side-by-side. The Grand Chess Tour (GCT)’s…
One of the questions I get asked most often from chess parents is “how do you balance school and chess?” For a while I felt that I wasn’t qualified… Read More »
This week's puzzles continue our series on the just-concluded 2026 U.S. Junior and Senior Championships, held last month at the Saint Louis Chess… Read More »
GM Grigoriy Oparin (MO) defeated GM Jianchao Zhou (MA) in Armageddon to win the 2026 U.S. Open title and clinch a spot in this October’s U.S...
Four Lead with U.S. Championship Spot on the Line Our week in the Great Lakes State comes to a close today as the final round of the 126 th U.S. Open…