Top American Players

Webster Wins Again! Photo David Llada
Congrats to Webster University on their seventh straight victory at the Pan-American Intercollegiate… Read More »

“He was a national master? Wow!”
Unrated chess player Stephen Huang attends the University of Pacific in Stockton, California. “I joined US Chess on… Read More »

Andrew Tang vs. Magnus Carlsen, Photo Lennart Ootes
The 2018 King Salman FIDE World Rapid Blitz Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia (Dec 26-28… Read More »

US Chess wishes a merry Christmas to all our members and chess devotees, as well as luck and warmth to many of our top players on the road. Earlier… Read More »

GM Leinier Dominguez at the 2018 Champions Showdown in Saint Louis. Courtesy of the Saint Louis Chess Club, photo by Lennart Ootes
CROSSVILLE,… Read More »

Hikaru Nakamura was crowned Grand Chess Tour Champion on December 17 in London after a tight match against the #2 rated blitz player in the World,… Read More »

Results are in at the K-12 Chess Championships and our very first Main Event Champ was Katherine Zhuge of California, first to reach six points in… Read More »

Saturday is the most intense day the K12 Chess Championships, as three games differentiate the field. In round five, US Chess started streaming the… Read More »

This year’s participants: on the left Rochelle Wu (California), Abhimanyu Mishra (New Jersey), Christopher Yoo (California), Brandon Jacobson, (New… Read More »