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USA Delegation Wins Three Medals and Much More at 2024 FIDE World Cadet Championships

Editor's note: This article will be updated shortly with annotated games from the event.

Three USA players made podium finishes…

Brodsky and Tang Share First at National Chess Congress

Like many chess players, IM David Brodsky learned how to checkmate with just a knight and a bishop early in his chess career. But it wasn’t until the…

Giving Tuesday 2019

Chess is many things to many people, but one thing we can all agree on is that Chess is a Game for Life! Regardless of gender, race, ethnicity...

#ICYMI December 2019

With so much great material here at Chess Life Online, it's easy to miss something that you might otherwise have wanted to read. So we here at US...

The Check is in the Mail: December 2019

Kendrick Aung of Seabrook, Texas, scored 5 ½-½ to win a 2019 Swift Quad, An example of his play follows. Kendrick Aung [pgn] [Event "19Sq04"] [Site… Read More »

Femme Batale Raises over 10K for Women and Girls in Chess

The first Femme Batale (rhymes with Femme Fatale) raised over $10,000 for women and girls in chess, including over $8000 combined for US Chess Women…

314 Girls Compete in NYS Girls Championship

The 4th Annual New York State Girls Championship was held November 23-24, hosted by Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, located on NYC's Upper...

U.S. Open Invitational Sites Are Now Live

2019 Denker field. Photo by Ana Vivas. Each year, US Chess hosts five premier invitational events (the Rockefeller event begins in 2020): GM Arnold...

Chess Underground #8: FM Carl Boor

The November Chess Underground catches up with FIDE Master, electronic musician dabbler and treasure hunter Carl Boor. Carl discusses the merits of...