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Hosted by the National Scholastic Chess Foundation and the Kasparov Chess Foundation, the conference explores the role of chess in education.

It is said that no one can serve two masters. And so US Chess Executive Director Ranae Bartlett is trading Caïssa for the people of Madison, Alabama… Read More »

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A chessboard’s worth of US Chess members competed… Read More »

Registration for the 2025 National K-12 Grade Chess Championship, held December 12 through 14 in Spokane, WA is open now. Please visit our event hub… Read More »

Editor’s note: To the best of my knowledge, no games were broadcast for this tournament, and there are no official photos of the awards ceremony.… Read More »

What are your National Chess Day plans? This year’s festivities, set for Saturday, October 11, are exactly two months away. This is a great time to… Read More »

This fall, US Chess will begin hosting online prize arena tournaments on Chess.com exclusively for US Chess members. This innovative format will… Read More »

The five 2025 national invitational tournaments of state champions came to a close Thursday, with prize money and scholarships on the line. Texas won… Read More »

Last year, US Chess announced 17 grant awards (up from seven the year before) under the US Chess Women’s program. With support from the… Read More »

2025-2026 US Chess Women Grant Cycle AnnouncementUS Chess is happy to announce a new cycle of program grant funding to support efforts to… Read More »