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Grand Chess Tour leader Wesley So and US Champion Fabiano Caruana are off to a good start at the London Chess Classic, the final stop of the 2016… Read More »
Find archives of detailed reports on US Chess surveys to our membership. 2014 survey results (pdf) 2015 survey results (pdf) 2016 survey results (pdf)
Alex Shabalov, Photo Betsy Dynako Zacate The King’s Island Open was held from November 11-13 in Blue Ash, Ohio a suburb of Cincinnati. The $30,000...
Photo: Austin Fuller While my Sinquefield Cup preview from earlier this year describes the achievements and chances of many of the London Classic...
Ju Wenjun won the final leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, earning enough GP points to become the 2017 Women's World Championship Challenger.
Akshat Chandra, Photo STL Chess Club Congrats to 17-year-old Akshat Chandra of Quest to GM, who recently earned his final GM norm at the Autumn...
GM Timur Gareyev, Photo Lennart Ootes That point had been reached. The point where a chessplayer is so tired that he can't think clearly and just...
9-year-old Christopher Yoo made US Chess history at the 9th David Elliott Memorial on November 19th, when he broke the 2200 barrier, 30 days shy of...
This weekend I am set to face 47 players blindfolded simultaneously while exercising on a spin bike. Aside from the intellectual magnanimity of the...
Photo Max Avdeev In November 30th, in New York City, Magnus Carlsen turned 26 and successfully defended his World Championship title against… Read More »

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