GM Viktor Korchnoi (right) with silver medalist GM Vlastimil Jansa. Photo by Bill Hook

Francois De La Rochefoucauld observed, “Few people know how to be old.” For the seniors at this World Championship, “knowing how” involves playing ageless chess.

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Corky Schakel (l), photo by Jon Berard. Wesley (Ted) Brandhorst (r), photo by Amber Canterbury.

Each year, 13 of the top-rated USCF CC players meet in a round robin tournament to determine the best of the best in the USCF Absolute Correspondence Chess Championship. Here are this year’s results.

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Photo by Jennifer Shahade

For a quarter of a century, players have flocked to Reno for the Western States Open. For GM Kudrin and IM Sevillano, their trip this year yields a spot in the 2007 U.S. Championship.

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Some of the American youth participating in the World Junior and World Youth Championships. Photo by Dujiu Yang

The American chess community can be proud of our top juniors who competed in the World Junior and World Youth championships. Though championships and medals proved elusive, they represented the United States with fiercly competitive chess.

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Photo by Scott Paulus

More than 200 chess players descended upon Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 30 for the "Miller Park Fall Classic," a regional scholastic chess tournament that drew newcomers, experienced players, and "Bernie Brewer," the Milwaukee Brewers mascot.

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