Top American Players

Fabiano Caruana, Photo Lennart Ootes
World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana was the first person to take the clear lead at the Sinquefield… Read More »

SAINT LOUIS (August 24, 2018) — The Saint Louis Chess Club will bring ten of the top chess players in the world, including legendary world… Read More »

Despite the high drawing percentage thus far (80%), many hard-fought, fascinating games have been played.
Test your tactical, positional, and… Read More »

A thick coat of shouting filled the room as if mocking the earlier silence portrayed during an exhausting puzzle. “Knight wins queen!”, my partner… Read More »

Chess Club founder Rex Sinquefield with Magnus Carlsen, holding the new Sinquefield Cup book, Photo Austin Fuller
After an eventful opening and… Read More »

The U.S. Masters is underway in Grensboro, North Carolina with a star studded cast including over 25 Grandmasters. Top seeds are teenage 2600+… Read More »

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
US… Read More »