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Check is in the Mail, November 2025: Rockin' Robin!

In this issue we have games from four different sections of the Victor Palciauskas…

Leaderboard Shakeups in U.S. Championships Round 9

After the final rest day, we saw many exciting games in both the U.S. and U.S. Women’s Championships. Both sections saw crucial results significantly…

Wednesday Workout: FIDE World Youth Championships

Today's puzzles come from the 2025 FIDE World Youth Championships, held earlier this month in Durres, Albania. There was only a small number of games…

National Chess Day Wrap-Up

Just counting events tagged with National Chess Day or NCD on US Chess’s Membership Services Area, affiliates hosted 48 rated tournaments around the…

Round 8: Lee, Aronian Make Moves on Difficult Day

It was very difficult for me to write today’s report. Like all in the chess community, I am deeply shaken by the tragic death of one of the sport’s...

Tactics Tuesday: Variations From the 2025 U.S. Championships, Pt. 1

This week's puzzles all come from the ongoing 2025 U.S. Championship and Women's Championship. Every day, a rotating cast of annotators are covering…

GM Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025)

Update, Oct. 24, 2025: Naroditsky was a Chess Life columnist from June 2014 through March 2020. All of his columns can be downloaded here in a single…

U.S. Championships: Action Heats Up in Ultra-Decisive Round 7

Sunday saw eight decisive games in St. Louis, with players fighting for the win in contrasting fashions. While some players threw caution to the wind…

Introducing MUIR: Member Uploads, Information, and Reporting

US Chess Prepares to Launch New Membership Database and MUIR System Update, 10/31/2025: This article has been updated to remove links to the beta...

U.S. Championships Round 6: So Survives Forced Mate; New Co-leader in Women’s

The leaders all drew in the Open Section of Saturday’s Round 6 at the U.S. Championships, but one of the split points came after the reigning… Read More »