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The championship tournament to determine the 2021 king and queen of American chess enters its three-game finale beginning Saturday.Read More »
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America's three-time Girls champion has stepped in front of a hotly contested national title fight in the Saint Louis Chess Club.Read More »
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America's top-seed GM Fabiano Caruana lost back-to-back games for the first time in his history in the US Chess Championship.Read More »
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A wobbly World No. 2 GM Fabiano Caruana was knocked down by 2021 US Chess Championship wildcard GM Naroditsky on Monday.Read More »
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Welcome to the October 2021 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which Dan Lucas, the Senior Director of Strategic Communication… Read More »
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IM Carissa Yip happily accepted a blunder by GM Irina Krush, while World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana was let off the hook in the fourth round of the… Read More »
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Five players, including GM Fabiano Caruana, turned in their first wins of the 2021 national chess championships in the Saint Louis Chess Club.Read… Read More »
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WGM Katerina Nemcova remains perfect in St. Louis after two rounds, while defending US Champion So wins his way to the front of the 2021 national… Read More »
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GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Leinier Dominguez were put to early tests in Wednesday's first round of the 2021 US Chess Championship.Read More »
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The new King and Queen of American chess will be crowned October 19 at the Saint Louis Chess Club.Read More »