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Wednesday Workout: FIDE World Cadets Cup, Pt.1

Today's puzzles begin a series featuring games from the 2025 FIDE World Cadets Cup. Read our full report…

Botez US Chess Women Fundraiser Features World #8 MVL

Alexandra Botez’s Saturday twitch series to benefit US Chess Women continues on Saturday, February 15th, 2020 at 4 PM ET with a hand and brain match…

Koneru Wins to Share Cairns Lead with Ju Wenjun

Humpy Koneru grabbed a share of the lead in Round 6 of the 2020 Cairns Cup. Her win over Alexandra Kosteniuk leaves her at 4/6, tied with Ju Wenjun...

Ju Wenjun and Kosteniuk Share Cairns Lead

Play resumes Thursday after Wednesday's lone rest day at the 2020 Cairns Cup … which, as it turns out, wasn’t so restful for the players! World...

US Chess Seeks Digital Assistant in Communications Department

The US Chess Federation is accepting applications for the position of Digital Assistant, a part-time position within US Chess. The Digital Assistant…

Wednesday Workout: More Mates!

Last week we took it easy on our readers, offering ten mate-in-ones and mate-in-twos, all drawn from the 2019 World Women's Rapid and Blitz...

One Move at a Time February Edition: Michael Propper

Welcome to the February 2020 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which Dan Lucas, the Senior Director of Strategic Communication…

2020 Samford Fellowship Winners Announced

The FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP, marking its thirty fourth annual award, has selected Grandmasters Nicholas Checa of New York and Awonder…

Dzagnidze Leads Cairns Cup after Three Rounds

Nana Dzagnidze leads the 2020 Cairns Cup at 2.5/3 after three rounds of play. Three players – Harika Dronavalli, Kateryna Lagno, and Mariya Muzychuk… Read More »

US Chess Seeking Coaches for 2020 International Youth Events

US Chess is seeking applicants for the positions of Heads of Delegation, Assistant Heads of Delegation, and Coaches for the 2020 FIDE International...