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Volunteers Wanted for 2024 National K-12 Grade Championships

US Chess is seeking volunteers to assist at the 2024 National K-12 Grade Championships…

GM Rogers on World Cup: Five US Players Still Alive

Hou Yifan on a Georgian Billboard, Photo Cathy Rogers Sitting in the dining room at a Chess World Cup after a round has concluded is a strange...

Lenderman First American to Advance in Tbilisi

Lenderman (USA) v Tari (NOR) in round two of the World Cup, Photo Cathy Rogers The GM Aleksander Lenderman is the lowest rated of the nine US Chess...

Can You Calculate Like a Speed Chess Champion?

Test your tactical skills with puzzles from the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship.

Mackenzie Molner Wins New Jersey State Champs

Molner (left) accepts the championship trophy from New Jersey Chess Federation President and new US Chess Board member Hal Sprechman (right), Photo...

Just the Rules: The Handshake

Tim Just is a National Tournament Director, FIDE National Arbiter, and editor of the 5 th & 6 th edition of the US Chess Rulebook. He is also the…

The Hidden World Cup: Six US Players Survive Round One

View of Tbilisi, Photo Cathy Rogers Georgia has in recent years been keen to promote itself as a desirable tourist destination. Add to that a chess...

Invest in Chess Brings Game to Chicago Public Schools

I’m Sharan Subramanian, a student at the University of Chicago and the Founder and President of Invest in Chess, a service-based chess advocacy...

Blindfold King Sees His Way to Victory at the 49th Annual Atlantic Open

GM Timur Gareyev, the Blindfold King, won the Atlantic Open held August 25-27 at the Washington DC Crystal City Hilton with a score of 4 ½ - ½. While…

Americans in Georgia: Big Three Win, Lenderman Upsets Eljanov

Our top three US players and Olympic gold medalists Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura all won the first game of their mini-matches today…