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By Rishi Sethi
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February 28, 2011 |
 Students at Chess Without Borders have made new moves as social entrepreneurs. Watch an excerpt from a documentary which features their help in raising funds for a young burn victim, Meher.
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By Alan Kantor
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February 28, 2011 |
 Last week, GM Hikaru Nakamura received a key to the city of Memphis. Nakamura talks to Alan Kantor about his goals, his role at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis and his big win at Tata Steel Chess.
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By Ankit Gupta
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February 28, 2011 |
 At the 3rd Metropolitan FIDE Invitational in Los Angeles, CA, Phillip Xiao Wang (pictured) and Joel Banawa earned their first IM norms while IM Jacek Stopa took clear first.
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By US Chess Scoop
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February 25, 2011 |
 Chess Amateur Jason Smiles explores his first ever chess tournament, theWorld Amateur Team Championship in Parsippany,New Jersey. He meets many top players including GM Robert Hess, GM Leonid Yudasin and NM Laura Ross.
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By Kostya Kavutskiy
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February 25, 2011 |
 USC, led by IM Jack Peters, scored a perfect 6-0 to become the 2011 US Amateur Team West Champions. Kostya Kavutskiy reports from Woodland Hills, California.
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By GM Pascal Charbonneau
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February 24, 2011 |
 GM Pascal Charbonneau writes about a decade worth of trips to the Bermuda Open and his fateful game against GM Larry Christiansen in this year's event. Christiansen ended up winning the tournament on playoff tiebreak.
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By CLO
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February 24, 2011 |
 IM Bryan Smith earned a GM norm at the 33rd Bulgarian International Open Chess Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (Jan. 30-Feb. 6). See two key wins by Smith.
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By CLO
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February 24, 2011 |
 The US Championship blitz tournament is back, with $10,000 in prize money at stake on April 25th in Saint Louis! See tournament flyer and TLA details.
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By Andrea Rosen
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February 23, 2011 |
 Andrea Rosen reports from the 2011 US Amateur Team North, where For Whom the Azbel Tolls, led by GM Friedel, edged out UChicago.edu on tiebreak.
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By Al Lawrence
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February 22, 2011 |
 Results are in at the US Amateur Team East. The top team is "West Orange Krush" while 6-0 individual scores including GM Robert Hess on board 1.
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By Dr. WIM Alexey Root
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February 22, 2011 |
 When most Borders stores
close their doors for the last time in April, some chess clubs will lose their
longtime homes. Dr. WIM Alexey Root interviews three Borders chess afficianados including Chess Life Magazine editor Daniel Lucas.
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By Melinda J. Matthews
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February 22, 2011 |
At the US Amateur Team South in Orlando, Armageddon Your Pieces took top honors, over team "Nobody" on tiebreaks. See Melinda J. Matthews illustrated report including coverage of the scholastic team event.
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By Al Lawrence
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February 21, 2011 |
 After day 2 of the US Amateur East, 6 teams hold perfect scores while best team name honors went to GM Hess's team, Chilean Defense: No Miner Pieces Trapped. Best Costume prize went to Khesh.
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By Al Lawrence
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February 20, 2011 |
 Two teams from China watched as West Point cadets presented the American flag to open the 41st U.S. Amateur Team East, which began yesterday along with the US Amateur West, North and South.
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By CLO
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February 18, 2011 |
 See new pages for the 2011 Spring Nationals in Columbus, Nashville and Dallas. Also check out a new MSA data page, an Events Rated list by month and state.
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