Melinda Matthews    Image This weekend, April through , the US Chess National Elementary School K Championship takes place in Columbus, Ohio This national event features some of the best scholastic chess players in the United States and US Chess is proud to host this exciting event. First thing’s first,...

Melinda Matthews    This week’s Wednesday Workout concludes a series from the Grenke Chess Festival with some crafty, tactical, and even defensive moments from games featuring American players. Image Download our printable worksheet or solve along with our interactive study.

JJ Lang    This week’s Tactics Tuesday highlights a number of American players’ most interesting moments from the Grenke Chess Classic Open, held earlier this month in Germany. Image Download our printable worksheet or solve along with our interactive study.

Tatev Abrahamyan    The inaugural HBCU Chess Classic, held last year on the historic Morris Brown College campus, was admittedly a tough act to follow. The excitement generated by a brand new event bolstered by local press coverage and celebrity guests GM Maurice Ashley and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens ...

   For the better part of Sunday’s last round games in Toronto, at least one of the FIDE Candidates events appeared headed to a playoff match. Instead, both challengers were determined in regulation. Image Image Caption A victorious Gukesh celebrates a nerve wracking end to...

   On Saturday April , , Senior Director of Strategic Communication Dan Lucas was inducted into the Georgia Chess Association Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place before the start of round two at the Georgia State Championship tournament. Image Image Caption Photo by...

   The penultimate round of the FIDE Candidates’ Tournament and Women’s Candidate Tournament took two divergent paths on Saturday in Toronto. In the Women’s event, five players entered with a mathematical chance albeit a slim one for three of them , but now the situation is clear. GM Tan...

   Only half of the eight games played during Thursday’s th round of the FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates tournaments ended in decisive games down from six on Wednesday , serving to illustrate just how high the baseline for drama and suspense has risen over the course of the last...

   Image Image Caption courtesy Michal Walusza FIDE Action is heating up in Toronto as we are reaching the final stretch of the tournament. The th round featured three decisive games out of four in each section, all of which were reflective of the pressure that everyone is...

   American GM Hans Niemann took clear first in the Grenke Open with a phenomenal score. This week’s Workout highlights a few key moments and variations from his characteristically sharp games. Image Download our printable worksheet or solve along with our interactive study.