Top American Players
The Altibox Norway Chess Tournament kicked off with victory for American Wesley So, who took down the blitz tournament, half a point ahead of fellow… Read More »
Just weeks after becoming the newly crowned US Champion, Sam Shankland won the 2018 Capablanca Memorial by a convincing 1.5 point margin.
[pgn] [Event "Altibox Norway"] [Site "0:34:33-0:42:33"] [Date "2018.06.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Wesley So"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] [… Read More »
After a dramatic playoff, 24-year-old Nazi Paikidze became our new US Women's Chess Champion. After 11 rounds of Classical chess, Paikidze was… Read More »
Congratulations to 26-year-old Grandmaster Sam Shankland, our new US Chess Champion! Sam finished ahead of three GMs in the top ten players in the… Read More »
American Hikaru Nakamura, one of the world’s top chess Grandmasters, has shown his generosity by honoring a pledge he made earlier this year to… Read More »
Relive the key moments on Caruana's journey to become Carlsen's Challenger.
Fabiano Caruana at the final round of the Candidates Tournament in Berlin. Photo Brian C. Glover
Fabiano Caruana will represent the United… Read More »
Sam Shankland after winning the 2018 US Championship. Photo: Lennart Ootes
Sam Shankland
2018 U.S. Champion and Super-Grandmaster
US Chess Rating… Read More »
Sabina Foisor has been a top contender in the U.S. Women's chess sphere for many years. In 2017, Foisor entered the U.S. Women's Championship as an… Read More »