Top American Players
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Tuesday's national chess championship kickoff will feature the drawing of lots and the US Chess HOF inductions of Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield.Read… Read More »
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Grandmasters Wesley So and Irina Krush will defend their titles as national champions in a return to the boards at the Saint Louis Chess Club.Read… Read More »
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GMs Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura star in the online Champions Chess Tour finals, while GM Awonder Liang and IM Christopher Yoo will play in the… Read More »
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Wisconsin GM Awonder Liang scored twice on the junior board, though the U.S. national team fell to Russia in two sets in the Olympiad's final match.… Read More »
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The US Chess national team won in OT for the second consecutive playoff match, and will play Russia in FIDE's Online Olympiad finals Wednesday.Read… Read More »
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Team USA beat Kazakhstan in a thrilling quarterfinal on Monday to become one of the final four teams in FIDE's 2021 Online Olympiad.Read More »
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The US Chess national squad features a solid mix of its veteran guard and next-generation talent in FIDE's second online global team event.Read More »
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The exhibition features GM Garry Kasparov and several Chess960 World Champions past and present, along with a bonus Ultimate Moves game beginning… Read More »
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The US Chess stars are two of seven Americans who qualified for successive FIDE events to be held later this year.Read More »
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The top American GMs play quarterfinal matches in the online Aimchess US Rapid event, the last Champions Tour event before its live October finals in… Read More »