FIDE Congress Final Report: Grant on Commissions and Optimism
Batumi 2018 will be remembered for the great performances by both USA teams at the 43rd Chess Olympiad, where the Open team earned silver medals,…
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Our Dean of Scholastic Chess Reflects on Summer and Beyond
As I sit at home thinking about all of the activities that took place at the 2018 US Open in Middleton, Wisconsin, I “Awonder” if…
31st Frank Samford Jr. Chess Fellowship Announced
The Frank P. Samford Jr. Chess Fellowship is pleased to announce its thirty-third consecutive annual award. The Fellowship was created by the late Frank P….
So Wins Birthday Speed Chess Match, Nakamura Faces MVL Today
Congrats to Wesley So, who defeated GM Vidit Gujarathi on his 25th birthday. The occasion was celebrated by plenty of photoshops and memes on twitter….
Top Female Players Form NYC Corporate Chess League
Hosted at the offices of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, the first season of the NYC Corporate Chess League (“NYCCL”) features an all-star line-up of three-player…
Maurice Ashley & Alejandro Ramirez: Batumi Post-Mortem
US Chess contributors from Batumi, Grandmaster Maurice Ashley and Alejandro Ramirez, talk about the U.S. results in both the Open and Women’s section of the…
U.S. Team Silver in Open, Caruana, Yu & Krush Earn Board Medals!
The last round of the Olympiad is always a hectic affair. As has become traditional, it starts four hours earlier than the rest of the…
U.S. Team Beats Armenia & Women Draw China as Dramatic Friday Finale Set
After two weeks of good weather in the resort town of Batumi, it finally was a rainy day, a stormy one in fact. Just as…
Rachael Li and Alice Lee, Both 8, Reach Expert Rating
In an indication of the growing popularity and power of girls in chess, two eight-year-olds cracked the 2000 threshold in chess rating within one day…
USA Loses to Poland, Women Win vs. Hungary, Dvorkovich New FIDE President
Today was an incredibly intense day. The two last boards to finish were USA boards, both at over 100 moves of chess played.
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