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Kids for Chess Announces 2024 Scholarship Winners

Note: These scholarships are funded and administered outside of US Chess by the private organization Kids for Chess…

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Tactics Tuesday

Tactics Tuesday: 1000GM Las Vegas Tactics, Pt. 2

Two sets of GM and IM norm invitational Round Robins were held by 1000GM around the National Open in Las Vegas earlier this month. FM Varun Krishnan… Read More »
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Tan Zhongyi Wins 2024 Cairns Cup

No tiebreaks needed! Just like in the 2024 FIDE Women's Candidates two months ago, GM Tan Zhongyi basically had the victory in the bag before the… Read More »
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Tan Leads Over Topsy Turvy Kosteniuk as Cairns Cup Enters Home Stretch

At the time of publication, the penultimate round of the 2024 Cairns Cup is underway in St. Louis. Today, we have annotations on key games and… Read More »
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Three Teams to Represent United States at FIDE World Team Senior Championship

The FIDE World Senior Team Championship is taking place July 1 through 12 in Krakow, Poland, and, this year, three teams will be making the trip.… Read More »
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2024 Las Vegas Chess Festival: Durarbayli Wins National Open

Every June, thousands of players flock to Las Vegas, but it’s not to gamble (indeed, many of them have to wait upwards of a decade before they can… Read More »
Wednesday Workout

Wednesday Workout: 1000GM Las Vegas Endgame Tactics

Two sets of GM and IM norm invitational Round Robins were held by 1000GM around the National Open in Las Vegas earlier this month. FM Varun Krishnan… Read More »
Tactics Tuesday

Tactics Tuesday: 1000GM Las Vegas Norm Invitational Tactics

Two sets of GM and IM norm invitational Round Robins were held by 1000GM around the National Open in Las Vegas earlier this month. FM Varun Krishnan… Read More »
Kosteniuk

Cairns Cup 2024: Rounds 1-3 Recap with Annotations by WGM Tatev Abrahamyan

The fourth edition of the Cairns Cup began Thursday, June 13, at the Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC), and it did not take long for the players to...… Read More »

US Chess Seeking HOD and Trainers for 2024 Pan-Am Youth

US Chess is seeking applicants for the positions of Heads of Delegation (HOD) and Coaches for the 2024 FIDE International Youth events. The policy… Read More »
Qualifiers

Festivities Galore at American Continental Championship as Two Americans Qualify for 2025 World Cup!

Loud music and an extravagant traditional dance routine proved no distraction for former world number two GM Alexei Shirov and his 30 simul...Read… Read More »

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