Day 2 of the Tata Steel India Chess event once again finished with sole leaders in both tournaments. In the open, Nihal Sarin climbed to sole first place after scoring 2½ out of 3 points, while among the women, Nana Dzagnidze could have lost her last t…
This past turkey day weekend, over 637 players flocked to Charlotte for the US Masters and concurrent North Carolina Open (NCO). With 202 players competing for the $20,000 prize fund from November 23-27, the Charlotte Chess Center (CCC) boasted the lar…
If you are a current US Chess member and a high school junior or senior, you are eligible to apply for one of the following two awards:
2023 National Scholar Chess Player Award — total of five $1,500 scholarships awarded.
2023 The Scholar Chess Pla…
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This month, Tim takes questions from readers on a variety of topics ranging from claiming wins on times, how to claim a draw b…
Chess engines have been helping chess players for over 40 years, first as opponents, and later as analysts, but over that lengthy timeframe, very little has been added to the core landscape of chess engine analysis. ChessBase 17 aims to change that and…
Magnus Carlsen will today celebrate his 32nd birthday by playing a MrDodgy Invitational semi-final against Sam Sevian at 17:00 CET. Magnus survived an impressive fightback by Kirill Shevchenko, while Sam overcame Jorden van Foreest. In the other match-…
Today, the final day of November, is also the final day at work of our friend and colleague Colin McNab, who has decided to take early retirement to enjoy a well-deserved life of leisure. Colin has worked with us for 12 years and 1 day, mainly as an ed…
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won a brilliant game against Wesley So as he scored 3/3 on Day 1 of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz in Kolkata. It was all the more impressive after Wesley had scored a fine win over Hikaru Nakamura in the previous roun…
At 3 p.m. local time on Tuesday (11 a.m. CET) Pool B of the Women’s Candidates tournament kicked off in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Aleksandra Goryachkina gained an advantage against Alexandra Kosteniuk, but gave it away in time trouble. The game between Tan Zh…
The Tata Steel Chess India event kicked off on Monday in Kolkata. Each of the two tournaments has a sole leader with 3 out of 3 after the first day of rapid chess. In the open, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has taken the lead, while among the women, Nana Dzagn…
Welcome to the annual miniatures column! In the past, this column has recognized any games that lasted no more than 20 moves to be miniatures. I am taking advantage of editorial privilege to set the level of miniatures at 25 moves or less, which is wha…
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Thank you to everyone who contributed to our #GivingTuesday initiative this week. Because of you, we raised more than $8,000 i…
Find out what Pete and Gopal give “Chess Thanks” for on this edition of the Chess Underground. From the mundane and obvious to the deep and pseudo-profound… can you guess the reasons before they do?
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The US Chess Nominating Committee (Committee) has completed its work for the 2023 US Chess Executive Board election. The Committee recommends the following five people as prospective Executive Board candidates, in alphabetical order:
Leila D’Aquin (…
To express our gratitude for a successful Giving Tuesday, we at US Chess have decided to show off some of the kindest gifts that our staff have given their opponents over the years. Click here or on the octopus below to see charitable donations from WG…
