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On the eve of National Chess Day, the 2024 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship kicked off at the Saint Louis Chess Club (SLCC) with two...
Octobers in St. Louis are all about championships, even during years when the Cardinals do not make the postseason. As has become an autumnal...
US Chess is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024-2025 Herbert B. Jacklyn Program. The winners, their hometowns, and colleges/universities...
This week's Wednesday Workout continues a series highlighting exciting moments from the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad, held last month in Budapest,… Read More »
This week begins a series of tactical highlights from the 45th FIDE Olympiad. All of our coverage of the American teams' double-podium finish is...
Careful readers of the October Chess Life print edition will note a deeply regrettable error. Two photographs of Louis “Lou” Giarrusso appear in a...
Editor's note: This story first appeared in the October 2024 issue of Chess Life Kids magazine. Consider becoming a US Chess member for more content…
Byes are given out to players for games not played. Sometimes it is a full-point bye. Sometimes it is a half-point bye. Occasionally a zero-point bye…
This week's Wednesday Workout begins a series highlighting exciting moments from the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad, held last month in Budapest, Hungary...
For this week's Tactics Tuesday, we return to the blitz and bullet games from the 2024 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship finals. Part one — and more…

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