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Photo Credit: World Chess In round six of the Candidates in Moscow, Levon Aronian defeated Hikaru Nakamura to join Sergey Karjakin in the lead with 4…
Photo courtesy of Jim Woodward Why do we play chess? When I was younger, it was clear: to win. I wanted to win my section. I wanted to defeat titled…
Tim Corkum of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin has won the 2011 Electronic Knights Championship. Tim, who qualified for all three Finals section, put...
Karjakin is now leading the Candidates in Moscow after defeating both our current US Champion, Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand. American contenders...
WCM Priya Nikita, WFM Devina Devagharan and WCM Claudia Munoz I have never dabbled in the boy vs. girl chess debate and simply play chess with the...
Congratulations to GM Hou Yifan, who won the World Women's Chess Championship with 6/9. See if you can solve some tactical highlights from the event.
The US Chess Federation (US Chess) is soliciting T-Shirt Vendor bids for the following National events: US Open, July 30 – August 7, 2016...
The Candidates began today on March 11, in Moscow, Russia to determine the challenger to Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship match scheduled for…
GM Julio Sadorra The sunny coastal town of Fort Myers, Florida is a unique place, for sure. Home to the renowned Edison and Ford Estates, with year...
Photo Paul Whitehead The oldest chess club in the United States, the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club of San Francisco (founded December 1854), has...

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