Top American Players

Who has the best chances of winning beyond Carlsen and Caruana?

The final day of the blitz was a tug-o-war for the lead between Hikaru Nakamura and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

Ray Robson is one of the top 10 grandmasters in the country and within the top 100 players in the world. He was a member of the Gold Medalist… Read More »

Wesley So after winning the 2017 U.S. Championship. Photo: Lennart Ootes
Wesley So
2017 U.S. Champion, World Top 10 Player, and Super-Grandmaster
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Fabiano accepts his US Chess Grandmaster of the Year award, Photo Lennart Ootes
The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz was opened on August 9, 2018 at… Read More »

USA took gold at the Pan-American Youth!
The XXIX Pan American Youth Chess Championships took place in Santiago, Chile, July 22 – 28. … Read More »

The thrilling STL Rapid & Blitz is beginning again at the Saint Louis Chess Club this weekend. Let's take a look at the competitors.

Timur Gareyev faced Awonder Liang in the final… Read More »

Veronika Zilajeva, our new National Girls Tournament of Champions winner, talks to Jennifer Shahade about her victory in Madison, the links between… Read More »

GM Timur Gareyev, Photo Henk Prinsloo
Results are in at the U.S. Open, held from July 28-August 5th in Madison, Wisconsin. Timur Gareyev took… Read More »