Top American Players
Two winners on Sunday will qualify for a Final Round Robin tournament, which awards a seat in the 2021 national chess championship.
The reigning U.S. Champion beat GM Magnus Carlsen in a blitz playoff for the finals of the $100,000 Skilling Open.
Top U.S. stars Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So meet Friday after mounting come-from-behind wins in the quarterfinals.
Winners from the U1600 and U2000 qualifiers last weekend earned invitations to the following rounds.
The online Olympiad for the disabled has drawn nearly 400 competitors representing 45 different countries.
American GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So join World Champion Magnus Carlsen for his series of monthly online super events.
2019 US Women's Champion WGM Jennifer Yu recounts the experience at her first live tournament since March.
The Minnesota GM kicked off the title event with five consecutive wins and finished undefeated with a stunning 9/11 score.
The 2020 US Chess Championship quickly went from a fight between 12 of America’s best chess players to a desperate search for anyone who might stand… Read More »
At the title tournament's midway point, the three super GMs have left the rest of the U.S. Championship field behind.