For Immediate Release Saint Louis Chess Club to Host 2020 U.S. Chess Championships Online From October 9-29 The top chess players in the United States will battle online for the $330,900 in prizes for these five upcoming events SAINT...
Daily Chess Improvement: Real Game Chess Precision!
This was a game between Blazeka, Mihaela (CRO) – Kovac, Petra (CRO) just last week. White to move! How should white proceed? Please post at least 3-4 moves deep!
Webster U Earns Highest Ranking Ever on U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges
ST. LOUIS – Webster University earned its best ranking ever on the “2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges” report, it was announced this morning. Webster rose to 15th place out of 157 Midwest regional universities. Since 2009,...
Carlsen and Nakamura Tie For 1st in the Champions Chess 960 Showdown
For Immediate Release Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura Tie For First in the Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX Tournament World Champion and Newly Signed Esport Grandmaster Take Home $31,250 Respectively SAINT LOUIS, September 13, 2020 – The final day of...
The Schachbundesliga championship tournament will take place in Karlsruhe
Fight for the German Championship The Schachbundesliga championship tournament will take place in Karlsruhe from 16th to 20th September 2020. This tournament is an additional event and serves to determine the German team champion 2020, after the German Chess...
Daily Chess Improvement: Welcome Back Brain Teaser!
White to move! What is the absolute best continuation for white?
Aronian emerged as leader after day 2 of Chess 960 Showdown
Day 2 Recap By WGM Tatev Abrahamyan Day two of Champions Showdown: Chess9LX was action packed. After winning all three games, Levon Aronian emerged as the new leader, half a point ahead of Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley...
Free After-School Chess Club
Free After-school Chess Club Dear Chess Families, The Coronavirus hit me hard both personally and professionally. After spending weeks in the hospital, I consider myself fortunate to have spent the last couple of months recovering. Sadly, it was necessary for...
And the decision is: Joint Gold for Russia and India
FIDE PRESS RELEASE Online Chess Olympiad: India and Russia are declared joint winners After a 3-3 tie in the first round, where all six games ended in a draw, the second and decisive match was impacted by a global...
Russia defeated the US to face India for the Gold at Online Chess Olympiad
Match 2 RUS-USA Kosteniuk, Alexandra Zatonskih, Anna 1-0 RUS-USA Nepomniachtchi, Ian Shankland, Samuel 1-0 RUS-USA Shuvalova, Polina Wang, Annie 1-0 RUS-USA So, Wesley Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 RUS-USA Xiong, Jeffery Esipenko, Andrey 1-0 RUS-USA Yip, Carissa Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1-0 Match...