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The FIDE Online Chess Olympiad has started
Huge turnout
FIDE press release
The first day of the FIDE 2021 Online Olympiad took place today on the online servers of Chess.com. A total of 153 teams from around the world have registered for the event,…
Dominguez Novelty joins Caruana, so for the leader of the Sinquefield Cup
Legend
US GM Leinier Dominguez produced a novelty against Sicilian Najdorf of French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup. // photo Bryan Adams, Grand Chess Tour…
2022 Meltwater Champions Tour dates announced
The next Meltwater Champions Chess Tour will feature 9 tournaments, starting on February 19, 2022 and ending with the final from November 11 to 20. The Tour, which helped launch and benefited from the huge boom in online chess over the…
Taiwan fears it will become the next chess piece the US throws after Vietnam and Afghanistan (local…
A US Chinook helicopter flies over the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. Helicopters land at the US Embassy there as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound as the Taliban advance on the Afghan capital. Photo: VCGAs the Taliban…
On Chess: The world’s best comeback to America’s chess capital for the 2021 St. Louis…
With chess making a strong comeback in 2021, the Grand Chess Tour is finally returning to the chess capital of the United States. The St. Louis Rapid and Blitz, to be held August 10-16, will mark…
Autonomous chess robot created by Josh Eckels
Electronic and robotic enthusiasts searching for inspiration for their next project may be interested in this autonomous chest robot created by recent mechanical engineering graduate Josh Eckels. The chest robot combines artificial…
In chess: US senior and junior champions crowned in St. Louis
Three national chess titles were awarded last week as the 2021 US Senior, US Junior and US Girls Junior Championships were held July 16-26 in St. Louis, Missouri.Each event featured ten of the…
Chess: Carlsen knocked out of World Cup semi-final as Pole Duda emerges | Magnus carlsen
Magnus Carlsen has never won the biennial World Cup knockout, and the No.1 was knocked out Tuesday in the semifinals of his $ 190,000 renewal in 2021 in Sochi. 23-year-old Pole Jan-Krzysztof Duda proved to be a nemesis again on big…
QF Junior Speed Chess Championship: Maghsoodloo beats Xiong in ball
GM Parham Maghsoodloo narrowly beat GM Jeffery Xiong in Monday's quarter-finals of the Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid. The Iranian general manager came back from a three-point deficit and decided the game in…
Girls Club featured in the New Yorker and the Wall Street Journal
Jen Shahade with Katherine Zhuge, Nashville 2019
US Chess Women and our Girls Club have been featured in both the new york magazine and the wall street journal in articles published on July 26 and 17 respectively.…