Sharks and Knights in US Chess League Championships!

In the US Chess League semifinals, the New York Knights and the Miami Sharks beat New Jersey and San Francisco, despite both of the winning teams being up against draw odds. New York and Miami will face off in the ...

New National Event: US Girls Junior Open

In conjunction with the 2010 Denker Championship and Tournament of College Champions will be a new National event: The US Girls Junior Open. All three events will be held in Irvine, CA from July 31 to August 3.

Kamsky Advances; Akobian and Shabalov Head to Tiebreaks

Defending World Cup champ Gata Kamsky advances into round three with a draw today, while Shabalov and Akobian both head back to the tiebreaks. Alexander Onischuk is out.

Morales and Samuelson Win Duncan Oxley

Andrew Samuelson from George Mason University and Luciana Morales from the University of Texas at Brownsville finished tied for first in the 3rd Annual Duncan Oxley Memorial tournament (the annual online collegiate individual championship.)

The Trouble With Being Too Open-Minded ...

... is that your brains may fall out.
   
That doesn't seem to be a problem for the young Stevenson Stars.  Check out their latest, unanimous choice in the battle of Earth vs. Space!

Ice Cream, Two Minute and Norm Hopefuls at the University of Texas at Dallas

WIM Dr. Alexey Root covers the University of Texas at Dallas Invitationals, where norm hopefuls play in two sections. Read about consolatory ice-cream, a two-minute match and follow analysis by UTD Junior Tautvydas Vedrickas.

Shabalov and Akobian Advance in World Cup!

Shabalov broke through against Baklan to advance to round two of the World Cup. Akobian won a marathon tiebreak match against Tregubov while Shulman lost a tough match against Savchenko.

Action and Upsets in Illinois

The National Youth Action (Nov.20-22, Oakbrook, IL) saw a great turnout of 497 players. Winners included Joshua Colas, Kevin Cao and Jialin Ding in the K-9, Matthew Stevens in the K-3, Jonathan Zhao in the K-6 and Praveen Sanjay and ...

Silver for Tanuj and Samritha!

In the World Youth Championship, two of our youngest competitors, Tanuj Vasudeva and Samritha Palakollu scored impressive 8.5/11 scores. Both were on the top boards all event and earned silver medals due to superior tiebreaks!

15 spots up for grabs at 2010 U.S. Chess Championship

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will host the 2010 U.S. Chess Championship, which will feature 24 of the best players in the country. Nine of the 24 spots have already been filled, which leaves 15 invitations still to be ...

 

Welcome!

The National K-12 Championships in Dallas, Texas (Dec.11-13) are coming soon! The K-12 will feature special guest Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk!
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On Dec.11 Kosteniuk will conduct a simultaneous and sign her new book, Diary of a Chess Queen. Sign up for the tournament and the simul here. The simul is limited to 40 so don't wait! Keep up with Kosteniuk on her chessblog and website. 
 
   
 
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