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Stephen P. Dillard, 55, a USCF Life member, class-A player, national tournament director was murdered on March 13, 2015. Frank Niro remembers the beloved chess ambassador.
The Women's World Championships begin on March 17 in Sochi, Russia. GM Irina Krush and WGMs Tatev Abrahamyan and Camilla Baginskaite represent the US.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen dominated the trivia competition at the Reykjavik Open in Iceland along with his team-mate GM Jon Ludwig Hammer. GM Ian Rogers gives all the details of Carlsen's remarkable recall, and reminds CLO readers of a prescient and related article by IM Greg Shahade.
Find out more about GM Wesley So in his USCF bio page.
So, the reigning Millionaire Chess Open champion, now plays for the
United States, and is ranked #8 in the March 2015 FIDE list (behind
Nakamura at #3.)
On March 6, 2015 at 4:05 pm, Crossville's Mayor, James
Mayberry, emerged from the ice and snow to visit the USCF office and determine the order of names for the 2015 Executive Board ballot.
11-year-old Carissa Yip has become the
youngest female in history to earn the chess master title. She annotates her key victory and tells CLO readers, "Follow your heart and you will have no regrets."
2014 Tromso Olympiad gold-medal winner Sam Shankland scored 10.5 from 12 in the Stephen Brandwein Memorial Blitz on February 21.
For the third year in a row, the perennial powerhouse team NorCal House of Chess won the U.S.
Amateur Team West, this time sweeping the field with a perfect 6-0 score. Kostya Kavutskiy reports.
In the Master's section of the Southwest Class, GMs Gata Kamsky,
IM Tanguy Ringoir and GM Negi Parmijaran tied for first at the GM Norm Invitational at the 1st Chinnggis Chess Club. Ringoir, a UMBC student, also picked up his final GM norm.
