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Flashback Friday to the 1st SuperNationals, held in Knoxville in 1997. Photo Bill Snead Over 5200 players have registered for SuperNationals VI...
Luke Harmon-Vellotti at the 2016 Chicago Open. Photo: Betsy Dynako Zacate. International Master Luke Harmon-Vellotti, 18, recently was selected from… Read More »
Cherepanov started the tournament as the 3rd seed behind Defending Champion GM Alonso Zapata and Senior Master Deepak Aaron. He played both of his...
Claudia Munoz Claudia Munoz is well known to the US Chess community, through her social media presence and precocious accomplishments, including...
“I don’t have the patience for correspondence or the hands for bullet.” -Magnus Carlsen on limiting himself to three world titles - standard, blitz...
The Master section was extremely strong. There were 21 players, and one third were GMs!
The US Chess Federation (US Chess) is soliciting T-Shirt Vendor bids for the following National events: ( see our previous announcement about...
The US Chess Federation is soliciting Bookstore bids for the following National events: 2017 U.S. Open, July 29 – August 6, 2017, Sheraton Norfolk...
Despite not falling under the norm-seeker category, I was still attracted to the tournament because of its format. Even though it was a “Swiss,” the…
Congratulations to the US Amateur Team Champions, Summer Chess Academy for Talented Youth. They won the US Amateur Team Playoffs, held on April 22 on…

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