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US Chess Offices Closed Noon Nov 27 through December 1

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Nakamura and So Through to Round Two in Moscow

It required a trip to the tie-break round, but both Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So are through to the second round of the 2019 Moscow Grand Prix. Both…

The 2019 Denver Open

Founded in 1859, the Denver Chess Club is one of the oldest chess clubs in the United States. This year a few enthusiastic club members got together…

Three Games from Nashville

IM Kostya Kavutskiy (photo Paul Truong) IM Kostya Kavutskiy annotates three games played by some of the winners of the 2019 National Elementary...

It Takes a Village to Run a National

The 2019 National Elementary Championship, held May 10-12 at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, has been the largest rated event in American chess… Read More »

Wednesday Workout: Checkmates with Reinfeld, Part 2

To honor the publication of CLO columnist Alex Dunne’s newest book, Fred Reinfeld: The Man Who Taught America Chess, with 282 Games, this week’s...

Americans Abroad: May 14th

In this new periodic feature here at CLO, we’ll check in with top American players as they compete in important international events. This week we...

One Move at a Time with May Guests Seth Talyansky and Avi Gupta

Welcome to the May 2019 edition of “One Move at a Time,” the US Chess podcast in which we talk to people who are advancing the US Chess mission...

Results are in at Elementary Champs!

Results are in at the 2019 National Elementary (K-6) Championship! CLO will have a full wrap-up later this week. For now, here are the winners in the…

Final Round Begins at National Elementary

The seventh and final round of the 2019 National Elementary (K-6) Championship has started! And boy, weren’t the players anxious to get their games...